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Planning, building and the environment

Planning Policy Statement 3: Housing

Planning Policy Statement 3 (PPS3) underpins the delivery of the Government's strategic housing policy objectives and our goal to ensure that everyone has the opportunity to live in a decent home, which they can afford in a community where they want to live.

This replaces Planning Policy Guidance 3: Housing (PPG3) published in March 2000.

In this section

• Planning for Housing Research Reports

Related publications

• Planning Policy Statement 3: Housing

  • Published: 29 November 2006
  • Site: Planning, building and the environment

• Houses in multiple occupation and possible planning responses: Consultation

  • Published: 13 May 2009
  • Closing date: 7 August 2009
  • Site: Planning, building and the environment

• Housing and planning delivery grant (HPDG): Consultation on allocation mechanism for Year 2 and Year 3

  • Published: 12 May 2009
  • Closing date: 23 June 2009
  • Site: Planning, building and the environment

• Land Supply Assessment Checks

  • Published: 12 May 2009
  • Site: Planning, building and the environment

• Letter to Chief Planning Officers: Planning for Housing and Economic Recovery

  • Published: 12 May 2009
  • Site: Planning, building and the environment

• Securing the Future Supply of Brownfield Land: Government Response to English Partnerships' Recommendations on the National Brownfield Strategy

  • Published: 4 March 2008
  • Site: Planning, building and the environment

• Strategic Housing Market Assessments: Practice Guidance

  • Published: 9 August 2007
  • Site: Planning, building and the environment

• Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment: Practice Guidance

  • Published: 23 July 2007
  • Site: Planning, building and the environment

• Housing Market Information: Advice Note

  • Published: 9 May 2007
  • Site: Planning, building and the environment

• Planning Policy Statement 3: Regulatory Impact Assessment

  • Published: 9 May 2007
  • Site: Planning, building and the environment

• Planning Policy Statement 3: Housing - Equality Impact Assessment

  • Published: 9 May 2007
  • Site: Planning, building and the environment

• PPS3 Update: Cancellation of Greenfield and Density Directions

  • Published: 23 March 2007
  • Site: Planning, building and the environment

• Identifying sub-regional housing market areas: Advice note

  • Published: 1 March 2007
  • Site: Planning, building and the environment

• Preparing Design Codes - A Practice Manual

  • Published: 30 November 2006
  • Site: Cities and regions

• Delivering Affordable Housing

  • Published: 29 November 2006
  • Site: Housing

• Consultation on Planning Policy Statement 3: Housing (PPS3) - A summary of responses and key issues

  • Published: 29 November 2006
  • Site: Planning, building and the environment
  • Status: Response

• Design Coding in Practice: An Evaluation

  • Published: 12 June 2006
  • Site: Cities and regions

• Summary of public consultation responses to the Consultation Paper: 'Planning for Housing Provision' - A summary of responses and key issues

  • Published: 5 December 2005
  • Site: Planning, building and the environment
  • Status: Response

• Summary of public consultation responses to the Consultation Paper: 'Planning for Mixed Communities' - A summary of responses and key issues

  • Published: 5 December 2005
  • Site: Planning, building and the environment
  • Status: Response

• Better Places to Live by Design: A Companion Guide to PPG3

  • Published: 1 September 2001
  • Site: Planning, building and the environment

Archived content

• Planning Policy Guidance 3: Housing (Cancelled)
• Housing Land Availability Assessments: Identifying appropriate land for housing development - Draft practice guidance
• Housing Market Assessments: Draft practice guidance
• The Future for Design Codes: Further information to support stakeholders reading draft PPS3
• Consultation Paper on a New Planning Policy Statement 3 (PPS3): Housing
• Planning for Housing Provision: Consultation Paper
• Planning for Mixed Communities: Consultation Paper
• Housing: Influencing the size, type and affordability of housing
• By Design: Urban design in the planning system - towards better practice