Written statement to Parliament

Affordable rent

Further to the Written Statement of 14 February from my Rt Hon Friend, The Minister for Housing and Local Government, I am today announcing…

• From: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government (2018 to 2021) and The Rt Hon Grant Shapps
• Published: 9 June 2011

This was published under the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

• Delivered on: 9 June 2011

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Further to the Written Statement of 14 February from my Rt Hon Friend, The Minister for Housing and Local Government, I am today announcing the publication of the technical revision to Annex B of Planning Policy Statement 3, to make clear that Affordable Rent falls within the definition of affordable housing for planning purposes. Also published today are a document summarising the responses that were received to the consultation paper, Planning Policy Statement 3: Planning for Housing Technical change to Annex B, Affordable Housing Definition, published on 14 February 2011; and an Affordable Rent Impact Assessment.

Planning Policy Statement 3, with a revised Annex B can be found at www.communities.gov.uk/publications/planningandbuilding/pps3housing, the summary of responses is at www.communities.gov.uk/publications/planningandbuilding/pps3annexsummary, and the Affordable Rent Impact Assessment at
www.communities.gov.uk/publications/housing/rentimpactassessment.

Published 9 June 2011