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MHCLG Questions, 11.01.21

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Wednesday, 13 January, 2021

MHCLG Questions: House Building, 11.01.21

This week at MHCLG Questions, I praised the Secretary of State's announcement about improving the circumstances of leaseholders and ensuring that overly tall buildings are not permitted to blight local neighbourhoods. I was pleased to receive confirmation from The Rt Hon. Robert Jenrick on government plans to protect the character of our suburbs against inappropriate overheight developments. I am sure this be welcomed by constituents. 

David Simmonds 

My constituents particularly welcome my right hon. Friend’s recent announcements in respect of improving the circumstances of leaseholders and ensuring that overly tall buildings are not permitted to blight local neighbourhoods. When can we expect to see the benefit of those measures being implemented?

Robert Jenrick 

I congratulate my hon. Friend on the work he has done in this area, along with a number of his colleagues representing London constituencies. I have corresponded with the Mayor of London, directing him that in the forthcoming London plan there now be a tall buildings policy for London, which will ensure that every borough can determine if and where tall buildings should be built. We have no objection to tall buildings. London needs more housing, and that includes good-quality tall buildings, but it is fair for communities to decide where that should be focused. It may be in areas where there are existing clusters of tall buildings, such as Nine Elms or Canary Wharf, or it might be around transport infrastructure in other parts of the city, but we should be able to protect the character and feel of outer London and those parts of the suburbs that my hon. Friend represents, which deserve that added level of protection.

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