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Land & New Homes
WARNING: Landowners will exploit Labour’s green belt building plans
Roger Mortlock of the CPRE says some owners will allow their land to become run-down so it can be used for new homes.
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Latest property news
UK’s biggest agency pours cold water on Sunak’s housing plans
Connells boss Jason Willetts says the PM's plan is no 'silver bullet', and the Government is still 'miles away' from hitting its housebuilding target.
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PM to slash red tape and (hopefully quickly) boost property market
Rishi Sunak reveals a major initiative to force local councils to be more flexible and allow more inner city development.
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Latest property news
Government injects cash to speed up house building
Ministers are targeting brownfield sites to boost new home figures, and measures to accelerate planning decisions.
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Land & New Homes
Derelict sites across UK set to be transformed into new homes
The move to build more homes is part of the Government’s plan to level up communities across the country.
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Land & New Homes
Blueprint for future of UK housing unveiled
£400m is earmarked to help build homes on brownfield sites and to redevelop empty high streets for housing.
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Regulation & Law
Chancellor unveils £30bn Budget spending boost
Sunak launches massive £30bn stimulus package to boost UK economy including major boost for UK housebuilding.
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Housing Market
Housing industry welcomes Chancellor’s planning shake-up
The Government has released proposals to tackle the UK planning system with a view to speeding up house building as part of its Productivity Plan. The Chancellor George Osborne last week said that the Government is changing the country’s planning laws to make it easier for house builders to develop more residential properties. Under the new plan, planning consent would be granted automatically on suitable disused industrial land, limiting delays to development, under the reforms, while a higher number of brownfield plots could also be seized for development through new compulsory purchase powers. What’s more, major infrastructure projects that feature new homes will be fast-tracked to meet local housing demands. “Britain has been incapable of building enough homes,” said George Osborne. “The reforms we made to the planning system in the last parliament have started to improve the situation: planning permissions and housing starts are at a seven-year high.” “But we need to go further and I am not prepared to stand by when people who want to get on the housing ladder can’t do so,” he added. The Chancellor’s planning changes were described as a “major step towards solving the housing crisis” by Brian Berry, Chief Executive of the…
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