Ministerial role

Minister of State for Housing and Planning

Organisations: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government (2018 to 2021)

Responsibilities

The minister is responsible for:

• housing supply policy
• home ownership policy
• planning policy
• planning casework oversight
• Homes and Communities Agency sponsorship
• estates regeneration
• Thames Gateway
• building regulations
• private rented sector regulation
• Neighbourhood Planning Bill

Previous holders of this role

1. The Rt Hon Gavin Barwell

   2016 to 2017

2. The Rt Hon Brandon Lewis CBE

   2014 to 2016

Announcements

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• Privy Council appointments: Gavin Barwell and Mel Stride
  • 25 April 2017
  • Press release
• Government action to ban letting agent fees
  • 07 April 2017
  • Press release
• Tougher measures to target rogue landlords
  • 06 April 2017
  • Press release
• New measures to unlock brownfield land for thousands of homes
  • 03 April 2017
  • Press release
• Help to Buy used by over a million
  • 30 March 2017
  • News story
• Bradford core strategy development plan: letters from the Housing Minister
  • 28 March 2017
  • Correspondence
• More than 100 housing estates receive regeneration cash boost
  • 24 March 2017
  • Press release
• Multi-million pound deal for 5,750 new homes in Kent
  • 16 March 2017
  • Press release
• Housing starts hit 9-year high
  • 23 February 2017
  • Press release
• CPRE Annual Lecture
  • 20 February 2017
  • Speech

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