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Letter from the Minister of State for Housing and Planning, the Rt Hon Matthew Pennycook MP, to West Northamptonshire Council.
The Housing and Planning Minister's speech at the Housing Community Summit 2026.
All landlords must sign up to new, simple ‘Register your rental property’ service as it rolls out across the country.
Local Plan Intervention Direction: letter from the Minister of State for Housing and Planning, the Rt Hon Matthew Pennycook MP, to Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council.
The government calls on councils to go further and faster on council housebuilding, backed by funding and support.
Letter notifying private registered providers that initial allocations of funding from the Social and Affordable Homes Programme have been made.
The Minister of State for Housing and Planning has written to local authority leaders, mayors and chief executives of local authorities about the government’s next phase of reforms to accelerate growth and housebuilding.
The Minister of State for Housing and Planning has written to stakeholders about the government’s next phase of reforms to accelerate growth and housebuilding.
Thousands of quality homes to be built closer to stations, cutting commute times and helping families live closer to work, school and transport
Local Plan Intervention Direction: letter from the Minister of State for Housing and Planning, Matthew Pennycook MP, to Basildon Borough Council.
The Planning Inspectorate welcomes the letter from Minister Matthew Pennycook MP on local plan examinations ahead of the December 2026 submission deadline.
Letter from the Minister of State for Housing and Planning, Matthew Pennycook MP, to the Planning Inspectorate in respect of the City of London Corporation Local Plan.
First published during the 2024 to 2026 Starmer Labour government
This letter lays out the government’s expectations on the exercise of flexibility in the examination of local plans.
Leaseholders will receive clearer information about the service charges they pay and stronger protections against unfair costs, the government has confirmed.
The second phase of Awaab's Law will come into force on 30 November 2026, so more dangerous hazards are fixed quickly to help tenants living in social housing.
Local Plan intervention: letter from the Minister of State for Housing and Planning, Matthew Pennycook MP, to Stockport Council.
Letter from Matthew Pennycook MP, Minister of State for Housing and Planning, to all leaders and chief executives of Community Infrastructure Levy charging authorities in England.
Millions of homeowners could benefit from faster planning decisions, as 2 new AI tools are unveiled to modernise England’s planning permission system.
David Hill has been appointed as the first Chief Executive of the Greater Cambridge Development Corporation.
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