HC Deb 13 June 2000 vol 351 cc547-8W
35. Mr. Drew

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what further proposals he plans to bring forward for the use of brownfield sites in rural areas. [124024]

Ms Beverley Hughes

Planning Policy Guidance note 3: Housing, sets out the Government's policy for maximising the re-use of previously-developed land for housing. It requires local planning authorities to make sufficient land available either within or adjoining villages to meet the needs of local people.