My Right Honourable Friend the Minister of State for Housing and Planning (Matthew Pennycook MP) has today made the following statement:

This government has acted with ambition and urgency to tackle the acute and entrenched housing crisis in England, including by means of a bold overhaul of the planning system. In...

My Right Honourable Friend the Minister of State for Housing and Planning (Matthew Pennycook MP) has today made the following statement:

This government has acted with ambition and urgency to tackle the acute and entrenched housing crisis in England, including by means of a bold overhaul of the planning system. In...

This government has acted with ambition and urgency to tackle the acute and entrenched housing crisis in England, including by means of a bold overhaul of the planning system. In December 2024, we revised the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF), reversing the previous government’s anti-supply changes; implementing a new standard...

This government has acted with ambition and urgency to tackle the acute and entrenched housing crisis in England, including by means of a bold overhaul of the planning system. In December 2024, we revised the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF), reversing the previous government’s anti-supply changes; implementing a new standard...

Amendment 300 to schedule 5 negatived on division (5 to 9). Schedule 5 agreed to. Clause 24 agreed to. Schedule 6 agreed to. Clause 25, discussed with new clause 47, agreed to. Amendment 348 to schedule 7 negatived on division (6 to 10). Amendment 291 to schedule 7 negatived on division (3 to 10). Schedule 7 agreed to. Clauses 26 and 27 agreed to. Schedule 8, as amended, agreed to on division (10 to 3). Amendment 287 to clause 28 negatived on division (3 to 10). Clause 28 agreed to on division (10 to 4). Amendment 265 to schedule 9 negatived on division (1 to 10). Schedule 9, discussed with new clauses 11, 17 and 18, as amended, agreed to. Programme order amended. Clause 29 agreed to. Clause 30, as amended, agreed to. Schedule 10, as amended, agreed to. Clause 31 agreed to. Schedule 11 agreed to. Clause 32 agreed to. Amendment 304 to schedule 12 negatived on division (6 to 9).Schedule 12 under consideration. Written evidence reported to the House.

Amendment 300 to schedule 5 negatived on division (5 to 9). Schedule 5 agreed to. Clause 24 agreed to. Schedule 6 agreed to. Clause 25, discussed with new clause 47, agreed to. Amendment 348 to schedule 7 negatived on division (6 to 10). Amendment 291 to schedule 7 negatived on...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether it is his policy that his Department's proposed Mayoral Development Orders will be subject to the same guidance under the National Planning Practice Guidance as Local Development Orders.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether it is his policy that his Department's proposed Mayoral Development Orders will be subject to the same guidance under the National Planning Practice Guidance as Local Development Orders.

New clause 19 (The electronic communications code) discussed with Government new schedule 2 (The electronic communications code) and new schedule 3 (The electronic communications code: consequential amendments) agreed to on division (8 votes to 6). New clause 4 (Walking and cycling) negatived on division (6 votes to 8). New clause 7 (Petroleum extraction: environmental base line data) negatived on division (6 votes to 8). New clause 12 (Development Plan documents: accessible design) negatived on division (6 votes to 9). New clause 13 (Place making objectives for new town development corporations) negatived on division (6 votes to 9). New clause 14 (Impact of infrastructure spending on costs for consumers) discussed with new clause 15 (Interpretation of section (Impact of infrastructure spending on costs for consumers) withdrawn. New clause 17 (Community benefit for schemes provided by companies engaged in hydraulic fracturing) negatived on division (6 votes to 9). New clause 18 (Greater London Authority: housing and regeneration) withdrawn. New clause 20 (Planning notification for the extraction of unconventional oil and gas) negatived on division (6 votes to 10). New schedule 1 (Mayoral development orders) agreed to. New schedule 2 (The electronic communications code) agreed to. New schedule 3 (The electronic communications code: consequential amendments) agreed to. Clauses 46 to 49 agreed to as amended. Title amended. Bill, as amended, to be reported (Bill 154). Written evidence reported to the House.

New clause 19 (The electronic communications code) discussed with Government new schedule 2 (The electronic communications code) and new schedule 3 (The electronic communications code: consequential amendments) agreed to on division (8 votes to 6). New clause 4 (Walking and cycling) negatived on division (6 votes to 8). New clause...

Clause 38 discussed with new clause 1 (Exploitation of petroleum on deep-level land: cumulative impacts) and new clause 20 (Planning notification for the extraction of unconventional oil and gas) agreed to. Amendments to clause 39 negatived on division (8 votes 10), (6 votes 11), (7 votes to 11). Clause 39 discussed with new clause 17 (Community benefit for schemes provided by companies engaged in hydraulic fracturing), new clause 2 (Underground access: environmental protection) and new clause 7 (Petroleum extraction: environmental base line data) agreed to. Clauses 40 to 45 agreed to. New clause 8 (Mayoral development orders) discussed with Government new schedule 1 (Mayoral development orders) agreed to. New clause 9 (Reimbursement of persons who have met expenses of making electrical connections) agreed to. New clause 10 (Power to abolish Public Works Loan Commissioners) agreed to. Written evidence reported to the House.

Clause 38 discussed with new clause 1 (Exploitation of petroleum on deep-level land: cumulative impacts) and new clause 20 (Planning notification for the extraction of unconventional oil and gas) agreed to. Amendments to clause 39 negatived on division (8 votes 10), (6 votes 11), (7 votes to 11). Clause 39...