<p>Improving the Planning Process</p>

Part of 2. 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 2:15 pm on 11 October 2016.

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Photo of Carwyn Jones Carwyn Jones Labour 2:15, 11 October 2016

We already, of course, through the planning system, require developers to reserve a certain percentage of housing developments for affordable housing. One of the issues that we have to look at, I believe, is whether there is scope for intervening in the local market in the future in order to ensure that there is sufficient housing available, particularly in villages where, at the moment, there are no plans to build any houses. The reality is that the cross-border flow is there. It is in the economic interests of both the north-east of Wales and the north-west of England to work together for the prosperity of both those regions. It shows, of course, how popular Wales is as a country to live in when people want to live in Flintshire rather than in Cheshire.