Agenda - Local Government and Housing Committee

Meeting Venue:

Committee Room 5, Tŷ Hywel

Meeting date: 5 February 2026

Meeting time: 09.30
For further information contact:

Catherine Hunt

Committee Clerk

0300 200 6565

SeneddHousing@senedd.wales

Hybrid

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Private pre-meeting

09.15 - 09.30

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Public meeting

09.30 - 10.45

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1 Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest

09.30

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2 Follow-up inquiry on social housing supply: Evidence session 3

09.30 - 10.45 (Pages 1 - 29)

Dorian Payne, Managing Director, Castell Group

Mark Harris, Planning and Policy Advisor Wales, Home Builders Federation

Fiona Clay-Poole, Senior Policy Officer - Planning and Economic Development, Welsh Local Government Association

Simon Gilbert, Planning Officers Society Wales

Attached Documents:
Research brief
Paper 1: Home Builders Federation
Paper 2: Castell Group

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3 Papers to note

10.45

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3.1 Social housing supply

(Pages 30 - 39)

Attached Documents:
Paper 3: Social Housing Supply – Written evidence from the Royal Town Planning Institute
Paper 4: Social Housing Supply – Written evidence from Dr Edward Shepherd on land value capture and viability in Wales
Paper 5: Social Housing Supply – Additional information from the Chartered Institute of Housing Cymru

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3.2 Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Act 2024

(Pages 40 - 41)

Attached Documents:
Paper 6: Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Act 2024 – Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government in relation to the automatic voting registration pilots – 21 January 2026

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3.3 Welsh Government Draft Budget 2026-27

(Pages 42 - 65)

Attached Documents:
Paper 7: Welsh Government Draft Budget 2026-27 – Response from Welsh Government

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3.4 Homelessness and Social Housing Allocation (Wales) Bill

(Pages 66 - 68)

Attached Documents:
Paper 8: Homelessness and Social Housing (Wales) Bill – Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government in relation to the revised Explanatory Memorandum

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3.5 Building Safety (Wales) Bill

(Pages 69 - 88)

Attached Documents:
Paper 9: Building Safety (Wales) Bill – Correspondence between the Chair and the Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government in relation to the Committee’s Stage 1 Report on the Building Safety (Wales) Bill
Paper 10: Building Safety (Wales) Bill – Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government to the Chair of Finance Committee in relation to the Finance Committee’s Stage 1 Report on the Building Safety (Wales) Bill
Paper 11: Building Safety (Wales) Bill – Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government to the Chair of the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee in relation to the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee ‘s Stage 1 Report on the Building Safety (Wales) Bill
Paper 12: Building Safety (Wales) Bill - Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government to the Chief Executive of Community Housing Cymru

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4 Motion under Standing Order 17.42(ix) to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of this meeting and for the meeting on 25 February

10.45

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Private meeting

10.45 - 11.15

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5 Follow-up inquiry on social housing supply: consideration of evidence

10.45 - 11.15

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