Construction minister opposes permitted development rights
Posted: Friday, July 12th, 2024
Working across two departments, Sarah Jones has been appointed minister of state at the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero and at the Department for Business & Trade, with responsibility for Construction, The Construction Index reported. It is presumed that if the new government retains the Construction Leadership Council in its current form, Sarah Jones will be its new co-chair from the government side. She might differ from most of the council in her opposition to permitted development rights, a policy designed to encourage the development of new housing unfettered by planning constraints. She is against permitted development rights and does not like “unsavoury” people making money. In a debate in the House of Commons on 13th February 2020, Sarah Jones expressed her commitment to affordable housing, stating: “Permitted development is a symptom of the way the housing system has broken. The principle of making it easier to build housing is clear, but the consequences since its introduction are apparent. “It has not increased affordable housing, which is what we would hope for. The ad hoc nature of the development can be seen in Harlow, Luton and Croydon, and in Croydon it has meant over-development of office space. “There is now a gap because businesses that want to come into the area cannot, as everything has been converted through permitted development. Also, a lot of quite unsavoury people are making quite a lot of money.”
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