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The government's response to Kate Barker's Review of Housing Supply, published 5 December 2005, signals the government's commitment to build more homes for future generations by bringing forward an ambitious package of measures to reform the planning system and deliver increased investment in infrastructure to support sustainable housing growth.

The full response document and the Planning Gain Supplement consultation exercise can be found on the HM Treasury website.

The following section provides supporting research, fact sheets and links to key publications referenced by or related to the government response. (The following links will take you to documents on the website of the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister.)

Fact sheets for the Government response to Kate Barker's review of housing supply.

The five fact sheets provide summaries of the key issues outlined in the Government response. These fact sheets include a summary of the government's response as well as further guidance on infrastructure, planning, environmental sustainability and meeting local needs.

Government response to Kate Barker's review of housing supply: The supporting analysis.

Supporting analysis to the affordability and sustainability research on the benefits and impacts of various levels of additional housing supply. This summary concentrates on the Government’s ambition to reach a level of 200,000 annual net additions.

Research supporting the Government response to Kate Barker's review of housing supply.

Research which focuses on the relationship between housing supply, affordability and sustainability.

Creating Sustainable Communities: Delivering on large sites.

Sources of help and information to assist the delivery of new homes on large sites. Includes three case studies. Published 5 December 2005.

Case studies for the Government response to Kate Barker's review of housing supply.

The case studies provide examples of how the issue of housing supply affects people and places.