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To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what information his Department holds on the number of local authorities that maintain offices in the EU.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what information his Department holds on the number of local authorities that maintain offices in the EU.
The information requested is not held centrally.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of the number of local authorities that maintain offices in the EU.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of the number of local authorities that maintain offices in the EU.
The information requested is not held centrally.
To ask His Majesty's Government under what circumstances office properties which have been empty for six months or longer will be considered for change of use to qualify for conversion to residential homes.
To ask His Majesty's Government under what circumstances office properties which have been empty for six months or longer will be considered for change of use to qualify for conversion to residential homes.
A national permitted development right (Class MA) provides for the change of use to residential of offices that have been vacant for a continuous period of at least three months. The permitted development right is subject to prior approval by the local planning authority in respect of particular planning matters, such as flooding and transport, and various limitations. Full details of the permitted development right are set out in legislation: The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015, as amended.
A planning application is required for any change of use from an office to residential use that falls outside of the scope of the permitted development right, or where the right has been removed by the local planning authority by making an Article 4 direction. Any planning application will be determined in accordance with the local plan and other material considerations.
To ask His Majesty's Government how many new homes have been built so far during the current Parliament; how many are conversions from offices and retail and are not newly built; and how many are suitable for family occupation with a garden or play space as part of the property.
To ask His Majesty's Government how many new homes have been built so far during the current Parliament; how many are conversions from offices and retail and are not newly built; and how many are suitable for family occupation with a garden or play space as part of the property.
The Department publishes an annual release entitled 'Housing supply: Net Additional Dwellings, England', which includes estimates of the components of housing supply, in each year since 2006-07, in Table 120 at this link: live-tables-on net supply of housing.
Data on dwellings suitable for family occupation with a garden or play space are not centrally collected.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department has made an (a) estimate of the number of councils converting office blocks to accommodation through permitted development rights and (b) assessment of the suitability of that practice for tackling homelessness.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department has made an (a) estimate of the number of councils converting office blocks to accommodation through permitted development rights and (b) assessment of the suitability of that practice for tackling homelessness.
The Department publishes data on how many applications for prior approval for the change of use to residential are able to proceed and how many homes the permitted development rights have delivered.
The figures are readily available online and can be found at Housing delivery Table 123 and Application data PDR 1.
The department does not collect data on the type of buildings local authorities use as temporary accommodation, for more information on the temporary accommodation data please see here.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what information his Department holds on how many councils are using buildings previously designated as office blocks to house the temporarily homeless.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what information his Department holds on how many councils are using buildings previously designated as office blocks to house the temporarily homeless.
The Department publishes data on how many applications for prior approval for the change of use to residential are able to proceed and how many homes the permitted development rights have delivered.
The figures are readily available online and can be found at Housing delivery Table 123 and Application data PDR 1.
The department does not collect data on the type of buildings local authorities use as temporary accommodation, for more information on the temporary accommodation data please see here.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will provide a regional breakdown of the number of planning applications to convert office space into housing received in each of the last four years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will provide a regional breakdown of the number of planning applications to convert office space into housing received in each of the last four years.
The department collects numbers of decisions made on such applications during each quarter at the following link.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many and what proportion of new homes built in the last 12 months were classified as being under permitted development of pre-existing office blocks.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many and what proportion of new homes built in the last 12 months were classified as being under permitted development of pre-existing office blocks.
Estimates of new homes delivered in England, in each year, classified as under permitted development of pre-existing office blocks and overall housing supply, from which proportions can be calculated, are shown in Live Table 120, here.
Figures for UK are not centrally collated.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps is he taking to ensure that any redevelopment of city centre office space for residential use, is used for (a) accommodation and (b) not Short Term Holiday Lets.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps is he taking to ensure that any redevelopment of city centre office space for residential use, is used for (a) accommodation and (b) not Short Term Holiday Lets.
The Government recognises that high levels of short-term holiday lets can have an adverse impact on some areas, including in city centres as well as tourism hotspots such as Cornwall, Devon and the Lake District.
We are working with members across Parliament, including the honourable member for North Devon, to look at policy options within the planning system. The Department for Culture Media and Sport recently consulted on proposals for the introduction of a Tourist Accommodation Registration Scheme and licensing of holiday homes. We are now analysing the responses received, which will further inform the Government's possible next steps.
On the redeployment of city centre offices specifically, permitted development rights support housing supply by allowing change of use to residential use. This route has provided over 82,000 housing units in the last six years. It will be for the local planning authority to then determine whether there has been a material change of use requiring planning permission if the property is sought to be used for short term holiday lets. Where that is the case, they will determine any application for planning permission in line with the local plan.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether she is taking steps to ensure that buildings designed to host offices are not repurposed as short term holiday lets.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether she is taking steps to ensure that buildings designed to host offices are not repurposed as short term holiday lets.
The Government recognises that high levels of short-term holiday lets can have an adverse impact on some areas, including in city centres as well as tourism hotspots such as Cornwall, Devon and the Lake District.
We are working with members across Parliament, including the honourable member for North Devon, to look at policy options within the planning system. The Department for Culture Media and Sport recently consulted on proposals for the introduction of a Tourist Accommodation Registration Scheme and licensing of holiday homes. We are now analysing the responses received, which will further inform the Government's possible next steps.
On the redeployment of city centre offices specifically, permitted development rights support housing supply by allowing change of use to residential use. This route has provided over 82,000 housing units in the last six years. It will be for the local planning authority to then determine whether there has been a material change of use requiring planning permission if the property is sought to be used for short term holiday lets. Where that is the case, they will determine any application for planning permission in line with the local plan.