A housing white paper that will set out “radical plans to boost housing supply” has been delayed until January.
Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government Sajid Javid first announced the housing white paper at the Conservative Party conference in October, saying it would be published before the end of the year.
At a conference fringe event, housing minister Gavin Barwell strongly hinted it would be published around the same time as the Autumn Statement.
However, speaking in the House of Commons on Monday, Javid admitted it was now due to be published in January.
He said: “I am sure that the whole house will welcome the latest official housebuilding numbers showing housing starts at an eight-year high, but there is still a lot more we need to do.
“That was why last week’s Autumn Statement contained billions of pounds of funding to get Britain building, and it is why our white paper, which is due to be published in January, will set out a range of radical plans to boost the housing supply.”
The white paper is expected to include a range of long-awaited proposed planning policy, including changes to the Community Infrastructure Levy, starter homes regulations and possible new council powers to set planning fees locally.
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