The government publishes its response to the consultation (which ran until 22/01/2026) relating to support for housebuilding in London …

[UPDATE: For a subsequent further consultation, please view this post.]

The government has published the following response to the consultation titled "Consultation on the proposed London Emergency Housing Package" (which ran for (approx) 8 weeks from 27/11/2025 until 22/01/2026):

Response document:

  • March 2026: Consultation on the proposed London Emergency Housing Package - Government response (link) (pdf print version of HTML webpage).

Notes:

  • The "Introduction" at the start of the above response document includes the following information:
    - "This document summarises the consultation responses on the proposed London emergency housing package. This consultation sought views on 2 distinct but related proposals:
    >>> Part I: a proposal for a new, time limited relief from borough-level Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) charges for qualifying residential developments in Greater London
    >>> Part II: proposals to make permanent changes to the Mayor of London’s planning powers under the Town and Country Planning (Mayor of London) Order 2008."
    .
    - "This document sets out the government response to both Parts I and II of the consultation.".

Other sources of information:

  • 27 November 2025: Letter from MHCLG to Chief Planning Officers about the (proposed) new local plan system, and about planning measures for London (pdf) (link).
  • November 2025: Consultation on the proposed London Emergency Housing Package (pdf) (link).
    - Note: For more information about the above document, please view this post.
  • March 2026: Support for Housebuilding - London Plan Guidance (LPG) (link).
  • March 2026: Policy Paper - Support for housebuilding in London - package of support (link).
  • March 2026: Letter from the Secretary of State and the Mayor of London - final proposed package of support for housebuilding in London (link).
  • March 2026: Government press release - "Emergency action to kickstart London housebuilding" (link).