Gove to water down local housing targets following backbench pressure

By Carl Brown2022-12-06T09:29:00

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Changes would give councils more flexibility to depart from delivery numbers

Michael Gove has agreed to effectively water down local housing targets following pressure from Conservative MPs.

The Department for Levelling Up Housing and Communities (DLUHC) today announced that councils will have flexibility to depart from housing targets under proposed new changes to the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill. Currently councils’ housing need is calculated through a central formula which have to be incorporated into their 15-year housing plans.

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