As London heads to the polls, the Home Builders Federation has urged the next mayor to review the fast-track route for planning applications that meet or exceed 35% affordable housing, stating that it is not serving its purpose.

The trade association highlighted that the mechanism has proven to be more of a hindrance than a help, as conditions determining eligibility for the fast-track route “have become numerous, complex and unworkable”.

Their ‘Building blocks for the next mayor’ document, which outlines the housing industry’s key asks for the next mayor, says the next mayor should review the threshold approach to ensure it is “genuinely an incentive that will help schemes secure full planning permission much faster”.