Lee Rowley, North East Derbyshire MP, has been appointed as the new Housing and Planning Minister
Lee Rowley will take over the role of Housing and Planning Minister from Marcus Jones who has held the role since July.
He will be the fourth Housing and Planning Minister in 2022, succeeding Christopher Pincher and Stuart Andrew.
In a tweet, Rowley wrote: ‘Delighted to join Simon Clarke and the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities as Housing & Planning Minister.’
Delighted to join @SimonClarkeMP & @luhc as Housing & Planning Minister – a big job ahead to further help raise standards & service across the sector, to improve how planning works for local communities and, vitally, to empower more people achieve their dream of home ownership
— Lee Rowley (@Lee4NED) September 20, 2022
BPF hopes Rowley will ensure planning reform, rental reform, and cost-of-living interventions
Melanie Leech, chief executive, British Property Federation, commented: “The Prime Minister has put the focus firmly on delivery. Over the last 10 years, the property sector has delivered a pipeline of nearly a quarter of a million quality Build-to-Rent homes – well-managed, new purpose-built homes for private rent.
“Institutional investment has also been increasingly supporting affordable housing partners, and with the right conditions there is scope to do far more. The sector also delivers purpose-built student accommodation, which needs to expand to guarantee all first-year students a room and support a vital sector critical to the high-growth economy the Government wants to create.
“We look forward to working with Lee Rowley to ensure that planning reform, rental reform, and cost-of-living interventions unlock further essential investment to deliver good quality homes for people at all stages of life.”
Lee Rowley political history
Lee Rowley was elected the Conservative MP for North East Derbyshire back in June 2017.
He was previously Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury between 17 September 2021 and 6 July 2022.
More recently he was appointed Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities on 7 September 2022.
