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From Minister of State for Housing and Planning
  • New investment will provide thousands more affordable homes

    Housing associations can bid for a share of around £800 million of government funding to provide more affordable homes.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Ensuring a fair planning process for Lodge Hill

    Brandon Lewis writes to correct inaccuracies in the reporting of progress of a planning application for a development at Lodge Hill.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • New funding will get housebuilding work back on track

    Work on housing sites will get back on track up and down the country thanks to new government funding.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • New lease of life for Shepherd's Bush Market

    Shepherd’s Bush Market in line for multi-million pound makeover after ministers approved a major regeneration project on the historic site.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Councils can do their bit to get Britain building

    Housing Minister Brandon Lewis announces new powers for councils to help them build new affordable homes across the country.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Councils must protect our precious green belt land

    Ministers have underlined the government’s commitment to protect the green belt from development.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Brandon Lewis welcomes law to give greater protections to tenants

    New rules require letting agents to join a redress scheme, to ensure tenants have a straightforward option to hold them to account.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Home improvements up, as planning freedoms take effect

    New figures show planning reform and cut red tape have enabled thousands of homeowners to make improvements, and have got Britain building.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • New Right to Build areas at forefront of helping aspiring self-builders

    Eleven areas across the country to benefit from the government-backed opportunity, under plans announced by Brandon Lewis.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • New push will remind tenants of their Right to Buy

    Thousands of social tenants across the country will this week receive details of how they can exercise their Right to Buy and become first-time homeowners.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • National Housing Federation conference 2014

    Housing Minister Brandon Lewis' speech to the National Housing Federation's annual conference and social housing exhibition 2014.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • New measures to protect the countryside and stop abuse of the planning system

    Brandon Lewis sets out measures that will ensure fairness for all in the planning system and provide greater protection for our countryside.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Stephen Williams vows to outlaw revenge evictions

    The government vow to work to outlaw so-called ‘revenge evictions’ that destroy a tenant’s right to expect to rent a safe and secure home.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • A better deal for hardworking tenants

    Tenants renting privately will get a better, fairer deal under measures announced by Housing Minister Brandon Lewis.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Letting agents need to move quickly to sign up to redress schemes

    Housing Minister Brandon Lewis urges letting agents to meet the deadline to register with an approved redress scheme.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Housing Minister Brandon Lewis' response to Wolfson Prize

    Housing Minister Brandon Lewis responds to the result of the Wolfson Prize.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • House building continues to climb

    Latest statistics show house building in England is up by over a fifth compared to last year.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Bidding opens for £200 million to build homes on brownfield land

    Councils can now bid for government assistance to build thousands of new homes on previously-developed land.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Development on the Green Belt

    Housing and Planning Minister Brandon Lewis responds to claims in the Telegraph about development on the Green Belt.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • £5 million fund will unlock 100 brownfield sites for new homes

    Councils that bring forward brownfield land for development could benefit from a share of £5 million to get work started on the new homes.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government