All Policy articles – Page 55
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NewsWelwyn Hatfield pauses local plan citing PM’s ‘no green field’ conference speech
Green belt authority cancels series of local plan meetings after Boris Johnson tells Tories he wants to take ‘pressure off the South-east’
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NewsHousebuilders and public landowners ‘driving down design quality’
Evidence to House of Lords committee points finger at TfL and NHS Estates for prioritising land receipts over placemaking
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NewsBarratt rides out big fall in Help to Buy sales
Housebuilder records slight dip in reservation despite huge drop-off in use of government’s subsidised purchase scheme
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In FocusWhat do we know so far about what Gove's tenure will mean for housing?
The reshuffle has put the restyled housing ministry in the spotlight, with one of the Tories’ biggest hitters now in charge reflecting a significant recalibration of government priorities, writes Joey Gardiner
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News£58m allocated to councils to bring forward brownfield sites
53 local authorities receive funding through Brownfield Release Fund
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CommentWe’ve got to stop building homes in the same way as 50 years ago
David Orr, ahead of his appearance at a House of Lords inquiry into housing demand this morning, writes about his frustration at the lack of progress on the way we build homes.
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CommentLand banking, absorption rates and learning from Pret a Manger
The idea that housebuilders withhold consented land to push up prices is just a myth, argues Paul Smith
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NewsJohnson: Levelling up can take pressure off housing in the south east
PM flags desire for brownfield development in detail-light speech
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NewsTory MPs demand the government moves faster on low carbon homes
Rising star Bim Afolami says net zero ready homes needed urgently, even if housebuilders “scream and shout”
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NewsGove calls for more social housing
New housing secretary also says the condition of many social homes ‘scandalously poor’
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NewsGove fails to mention planning in set piece speech
New housing secretary tells Conservative conference he wants communities to ‘take back control’ but gives nothing away on planning reform
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CommentPlanning reform: Time to clean up
Michael Gove must decide quickly how to neutralise planning reform as a political issue before recasting housing policy as a springboard for success at the next general election, argues Localis chief executive Jonathan Werran
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NewsGove reported to have ordered ‘complete rethink’ on planning reforms
Report comes ahead of first speech by new housing secretary, as fellow cabinet minister says party ‘looking again’ at proposals
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NewsThink tank recommends government funding for neighbourhood planning
Report by Localis on planning reform comes in advance of first speech by new housing secretary Michael Gove
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NewsFourth-fifths of councils engaged in housebuilding
UCL report says production of homes by councils likely to have doubled in 2 years, despite official figures showing decline
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NewsStarmer pledges £6bn a-year ‘national mission’ to upgrade homes
Labour leader uses conference speech to announce plan to improve energy efficiency of 19 million UK properties
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NewsGovernment to face legal challenge over PD rights expansion next week
Campaigners against planning deregulation want to see new rights quashed
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NewsLabour pledges new agency to fund post-Grenfell repairs
Shadow housing secretary tells party conference that Right to Buy policy cannot continue
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NewsLabour to pledge 50% cap on foreign off-plan sales
Shadow housing secretary will also set out plans to give first time buyers “first dibs” on new build homes for six months
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In FocusStrategic partnerships and the mysterious case of London’s missing affordable homes
The GLA says it wants to build 79,000 homes between now and 2026, but the ambition hides a big cut in the capital’s affordable homes programme, says Joey Gardiner