Meetings

Barriers facing small home building firms

This page gives details of any meetings held which will, or did, discuss the matter, and includes links to the relevant Papers, Agendas and Minutes.

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Meeting: 12/03/2020 - Economy, Infrastructure and Skills Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 7)

7 Draft Report: Barriers facing small home building firms

Supporting documents:

  • EIS(5)-08-20(P15) Draft report

Minutes:

7.1 The Committee discussed the draft report


Meeting: 27/03/2019 - Economy, Infrastructure and Skills Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 4)

4 Barriers facing small home building firms: Deputy Minister for Housing and Local Government

Hannah Blythyn AM, Deputy Minister for Housing and Local Government

Neil Hemington, Head of Planning

Ian Williams, Deputy Director of Homes and Places

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Minutes:

4.1 Hannah Blythyn AM, Neil Hemington and Ian Williams answered questions from Committee Members.


Meeting: 07/03/2019 - Economy, Infrastructure and Skills Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 4)

4 Barriers facing small home building firms: Planning

Ian Stevens, Policy and Research Forum, Royal Town Planning Institute

Gareth Davies, Director of Development, Coastal Housing (representing Community Housing Cymru)

Simon Gale, Service Director Planning, Rhondda Cynon Taf Council Planning

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Minutes:

4.1 Ian Stevens, Gareth Davies and Simon Gale answered questions from Committee Members


Meeting: 07/03/2019 - Economy, Infrastructure and Skills Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 3)

3 Barriers facing small home building firms: Large home building firms

Tim Stone, Managing Director, Redrow Homes South Wales

Jane Carpenter, Planning Director, Redrow Homes South Wales

Daryl Jones, Head of Land, Persimmon Homes East Wales

Mark Harris, Planning & Policy Advisor for Wales, Home Builders Federation

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Minutes:

3.1 Tim Stone, Jane Carpenter, Daryl Jones and Mark Harris answered questions from Committee Members

3.2 Jane Carpenter Redrow Homes and Daryl Jones Persimmon Homes have agreed to provide further details on the proportion of people they are employing and subcontracting from within Wales on the Wales house building and also potentially within the Valleys area.

Redrow Homes and Persimmon Homes have also agreed to provide the committee with further details on the diversity programme and the apprenticeship levy.


Meeting: 07/03/2019 - Economy, Infrastructure and Skills Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 5)

5 Barriers facing small home building firms: Welsh Water

Ian Wyatt, Director of Business Customer Services, Welsh Water  

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Minutes:

5.1 Ian Wyatt answered questions from Committee Members


Meeting: 06/02/2019 - Economy, Infrastructure and Skills Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 4)

4 Barriers facing small home building firms: Introductory evidence session

Huw Francis, Chief Executive, Hygrove Homes Group

Joshua Miles, Policy Manager, Federation of Small Businesses Wales

Ifan Glyn, Director, Federation of Master Builders Wales

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Minutes:

4.1 Huw Francis, Joshua Miles and Ifan Glyn answered questions from Committee Members