New PM Rishi Sunak committed to pursuing a “brownfield-first” approach to housebuilding.

New PM Rishi Sunak committed to pursuing a “brownfield-first” approach to housebuilding.

At his first PMQ’s in answer to a question by Liz Truss’s former chief whip Wendy Morton on Wednesday 26 October, Mr Sunak committed to pursuing a “brownfield-first” approach to housebuilding – i.e. building on land that has already been developed in the past, rather than on so-called green belts which are areas between towns and countryside. Liz Truss had reportedly been intending to loosen some planning rules in England to encourage more housebuilding – particularly in what she described as “investment zones” which would be identified around the UK.

During the same PMQ’s in answer to a question from Green Party MP Caroline Lucas, Mr Sunak suggested that ban would now be reinstated unless the science changes – which was later confirmed by his official spokesman.

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