All policy articles
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CommentWhy the levelling up bill may hold back housing delivery
Proposed changes to the primacy of the development plan and removal of the duty to co-operate are causes for concern to housing delivery, warns Jason Towell
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News
Oxfordshire councils terminate joint housing plan
Move appears to put an end to 100,000-home ‘Housing and Growth’ deal signed in 2017 with government
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Chief planner admits no immediate impact from nutrient relief package
Joanna Averley letter to planners says government measures will reduce pollution at source but councils must continue with planning hiatus for now
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Comment
Ministers must take long-term, difficult decisions to boost housebuilding
Ministers can secure A Fair Deal for Housing by limiting house price inflation, reforming housing taxation and using compulsory purchase powers to capture land value uplift for affordable housing, writes Matthew Bailes
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Government’s nutrient mitigation scheme ‘years away’
Natural England will not even begin tender process for national offsetting mechanism until the autumn
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Housing desperately needs long term strategy
As the housing development sector backs Housing Today’s A Fair Deal for Housing project, Colm Lacey argues for a new strategy to make the delivery of affordable housing more certain and commercially attractive.
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Government appoints new construction minister
Lord Callanan given construction brief following departure of Lee Rowley
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In Focus
How do we stop the nutrient neutrality problem holding up development?
Thousands of homes across are on hold due to new ‘nutrient neutrality’ rules. In a special long-read for our A Fair Deal for Housing campaign, Joey Gardiner investigates the root of the problem
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Boris Johnson resigns leaving industry in limbo
Turmoil in government sparks fears of extended housing and planning policy hiatus
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Housing secretary Gove sacked
DLUHC ministerial team depleted after sacking and multiple resignations
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More housebuilders and associations sign up to a Fair Deal for Housing
Berkeley Group, Churchill, Weston Homes and the Riverside Group join the call to recommit to 300,000 homes a year
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Barratt backs A Fair Deal for Housing campaign
UK’s biggest housebuilder joins umbrella bodies in backing call for government to recommit to 300,000 homes-a-year target
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Comment
The rhetoric of planning reform has changed more than the substance
Michael Gove has artfully repositioned the government’s planning reforms, but more of his predecessor’s original vision remains then you might think, writes Paul Smith
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We must not let housing policy fall victim to political popularism
The proposed Right to Buy for housing association tenants shows Boris Johnson is desperately grasping for policies that won’t work and will cause damage, warns Ben Derbyshire
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Why Gove’s proposed ‘street votes’ policy deserves our support
Street votes could enable denser, more energy efficient, car-free neighbourhoods that people actually want, argues Ben Derbyshire
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We must get the design of the new Infrastructure Levy right
It is vital the proposed Infrastructure Levy boosts on-site affordable provision and avoids unintended consequences, writes Paul Hackett
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Comment
The government’s regulation and rhetoric threatens the viability of sites
Ministers’ focus on quality over quantity could increase costs, hit delivery and make it harder for smaller builders to flourish, argues James Thomson
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News
Fears Queen’s Speech means death of hoped-for planning reforms
Planners call for councils to be ”sufficiently resourced” to deliver what changes are brought forward
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Gove: Government not bound by 300,000-home manifesto target
Housing secretary says aiming for one target risks “making an enemy of the common good”
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Queen’s Speech 2022 at-a-glance
The important bits for housing and construction in the government’s legislative programme revealed today
