PLANNING INDUSTRY INTELLIGENCE

27.09.19 – Labour should keep it simple on housing

26.09.19 – How councils are avoiding updating their five-year-old plans

25.09.19 – Social housing crisis builds as government passes the buck

24.09.19 – The right housing in the right place – the councils investing in quality homes

23.09.19 – Housing crisis affects estimated 8.4 million in England – research

18.09.19 – Help to Buy scheme has failed those most in need, claim MPs

17.09.19 – Greenfield land should only be developed in ‘the most exceptional circumstances’, says McVey

15.09.19 – Higher education: is Britain’s student housing bubble set to burst?

14.09.19 –  £95 million to revive historic high streets

12.09.19 – The policy and legislation changes in the pipeline this autumn

09.09.19 – No-deal Brexit could trigger house price falls of 20pc in 2020 – here’s where to bag a bargain

06.09.19 – 100 places to benefit from new Towns Fund

05.09.19 – The authorities at risk of losing planning powers because of poor appeal records

04.09.19 – Help to Buy? More like ‘Help to Profit’

02.09.19 – No-deal Brexit ‘could hit house prices’

30.08.19 – We were promised ‘bold’ ideas on fixing the housing market. Where are they?

30.08.19 – Brexit jitters grind UK housing market to a halt in August

28.08.19 – Plan to help first-time buyers stay local

27.08.19 – Building 300,000 homes a year would have ‘limited’ impact on prices, says report

22.08.19 – Government blasted over housing ‘failure’ as one in ten children living in overcrowded homes

21.08.19 – Solving the housing crisis isn’t as simple as building 300,000 homes, it’s the right mix of homes

20.08.19 – Let councils set planning fees to help deal with austerity cuts, say MPs

19.08.19 – Sajid Javid’s stamp duty plan was always doomed: here are five ways to fix our broken housing market

17.08.19 – Sajid Javid’s stamp duty plan could drive up house prices for all

17.08.19 – £600 million boost for housing

13.08.19 – We must question ourselves to ensure we are building as many homes as possible

13.08.19 – Public more worried about housing than Brexit, survey shows

13.08.19 – Persimmon review into housebuilding scandal seeks views of 100,000 people

12.08.19 – What will happen to house prices in a no-deal Brexit – and will it be a good time to buy?

09.08.19 – Gap between permission and completions leaves 280,000 ‘missing homes’, campaigners say

08.08.19 – Time to change a national approach to housing that creates ‘left-behind’ places

06.08.19 – Home buyers ‘move faster in Scotland but slower in London’

05.08.19 – The prospects for the housing market look gloomy, but not entirely

03.08.19 – It’s time to stop blaming the elderly for the housing crisis

02.08.19 – Housing associations should review property sales policies, says NHF commission

02.08.19 – Boris Johnson and the housing crisis

01.08.19 –  How young buyers are trapped by older homeowners refusing to downsize

31.07.19 – Housebuilders voice fears over standard of new homes after Brexit uncertainty sees construction firms lay off staff

31.07.19 – Council housebuilding has revived in London — but much greater radicalism is needed

30.07.19 – Let’s build a cross-party consensus on funding desperately needed homes

29.07.19 –  Johnson pledges to ‘review’ planning regulations to boost housebuilding

26.07.19 – What next for council housing?

26.07.19 – UK housing under pressure

25.07.19 – Cabinet audit: What does the appointment of Robert Jenrick as Housing Secretary mean for policy?

24.07.19 – Government accused of prolonging UK housing crisis

23.07.19 – What Boris Johnson becoming Prime Minister could mean for planning

21.07.19 – Renters to be given access to rogue landlords database under fresh Government crackdown

19.07.19 – Stamp duty could be halved on homes worth over £500,000 to help ’empty nesters’ downsize, under Boris plans

19.07.19 – London officials ban segregated play areas in future housing developments

15.07.19 – Homes England agrees partnership for 1,300 homes on army land

08.07.19 – The Thinkhouse Review: what can we learn from housing policy across the UK?

07.07.19 – UK housing crisis deepens as benefit claimants priced out by high rents

05.07.19 – House prices slip in June as sellers sit tight and buyers bargain hard

04.07.19 – Proportion of permissions following secretary of state intervention drops sharply under Brokenshire

02.07.19 – The Communities Secretary’s speech at the LGA Conference 2019

02.07.19 – Heseltine calls for a new government department to control planning

02.07.19 – New Task Force to help revitalise high streets and town centres

01.07.19 – Brokenshire tells PINS that inspectors should take ‘pragmatic’ approach to local plans

28.06.19 – Government will ban sale of new-build houses as leasehold

28.06.19 – Fall in permissions granted for new homes since last year, new government figures show

27.06.19 – Legal & General in £4bn housing deal with Oxford university

26.06.19 – May calls for better homes as MPs warn house building target at risk

26.06.19 – Planning system problems hinder push to build 300,000 homes a year, MPs warn

26.06.19 – Flat-pack home? Ikea moves in on UK housing

26.06.19 – MHCLG ‘way off track’ on 300,000-a-year homes target, say MPs

23.06.19 – Call for action to stop buyers paying price for new-build delays

18.06.19 – Questions raised over how Raab would fund Right to Buy plan

13.06.19 – Quality, safety and the long-term legacy are at the heart of the house building agenda – Housing Secretary

13.06.19 – Help to Buy is a disaster for all young people – especially the poor

11.06.19 – Anne Marie Morris MP: Centralised house building powers completely ignores the needs and opinions of local communities

04.06.19  – Labour could stop renters paying council tax in major property laws shake-up

04.06.19  – House-building now accounts for 60% of all new construction work

03.06.19  – House building not keeping up with demand due to population growth

31.05.19 – London Mayor’s approach to housing is unrealistic

25.05.19  – Planning red tape axed

22.05.19  – Gary Porter: The local elections weren’t just about Brexit. Hostility to new housing was a big factor

20.05.19  –  Will the Conservatives’ current housing policies survive a leadership battle?

20.05.19  – Oxfordshire’s Housing and Growth deal at risk after local elections

13.05.19  – Truss calls for 1m green belt homes to avoid Tory ‘annihilation’

09.05.19  – What the local election results mean for planning

03.05.19  – TCPA calls for a Healthy Homes Act to tackle concerns over poor-quality housing

03.05.19  – Local elections: Conservatives lose more than 1300 councillors

02.05.19  – Housebuilders maintain record investment in land despite wider uncertainties

24.04.19  – TCPA responds to Labour’s commitment to scrapping permitted development

24.04.19  – Failing to Plan

15.04.19  – Bid to establish that councils cannot delay permitted development decisions goes to High Court

15.04.19  – Theresa May pledges to abolish ‘no-fault’ eviction powers for landlords in overhaul of private rented sector

14.04.19  – Tory leadership race hots up as MP lays out mini housing manifesto 

11.04.19  – Brexit a major drag on UK housing market, say RICS

03.04.19  – PDI delighted to be working on Chesterton, Cirencester application to build 2,350 new homes which has received planning consent following the S106 agreements being signed

26.03.19  – Overwhelming majority of buyers happy with their new build home

25.03.19  – Nationwide gets back to its roots by building homes

25.03.19  – LGA responds to Campaign to Protect Rural England report on building new homes

13.03.19  – Ten circumstances ‘special’ enough to justify green belt development

19.02.19  – More than 100 councils fall short as first ‘housing delivery test’ results revealed

08.02.19  – Half of councils expected to miss housebuilding targets 

04.02.19  – Anywhere but here: voters’ strange doublethink on housing

08.01.19  – Ed Miliband: Why Britain should build three million new council houses

08.01.19  – Over a million British families will pay costly rent forever & will never be able to afford to buy their own home

08.01.19  – A Vision for Social Housing

01.01.19  – This has been the worst decade for house-building since WW2, all it’s all our fault 

29.12.18  – Only five per cent of new homes will be affordable to the most vulnerable, government reveals

20.12.18  – Plans to speed up new homes held up with new developer contribution rules 

25.11.18  – The property tax system works brilliantly – if you’re a builder or wealthy homeowner 

19.11.18  – Raynsford Review of Planning to be launched on 20th November

15.11.18  – Supply of new homes up 78% in 5 years

15.11.18  – James Brokenshire welcomes rise in number of new homes

05.11.18  – Theresa May’s flagship policy to solve housing crisis will deliver no new homes in half of England

03.11.18  – James Brokenshire: building better and beautiful will deliver more homes

02.11.18  – Housebuilding slowdown dampens construction industry recovery

30.10.18  – Budget 2018: What do the housing measures mean?

30.10.18  – This budget shows Conservatives have run out of ideas on housing

26.10.18  – Technical consultation on updates to national planning policy and guidance

25.10.18  – Developers hog land for record 130,000 homes, analysis reveals

23.10.18  – Planning permissions sustained at +350,000 as plan for growth continue

11.10.18  – Housing Market Intelligence Conference 2018

10.10.18  – Tory Westminster councillor resigns after hospitality inquiry

06.10.18 – Cabinet urges May to build on green belt

05.10.18 – Green belt is eaten up to meet appetite for new homes

03.10.18 – Reality Check: What are the plans to boost council homes

24.09.18 – Labour plans to give tenants more power

19.09.18 – People should be proud of their council house

16.09.18 – Ministers consider making trespass a criminal offence to keep travellers of private land

13.08.18 – Cut ‘absurdly high’ stamp duty to end Britain housing ‘disgrace’, Boris Johnson urges PM

09.08.18 – First-time buyers left high and dry as number of cheaper homes plunges under the Tories

06.08.18 – ‘Build on our green fields or get Corbyn in power!’ Tory minister Liz Truss sparks fury as she demands planning laws be ripped up and complains about Nimbys in Britain

06.08.18 – Alarm as green belt land concreted over with houses for the better off

31.07.18 – Brokenshire calls for London Plan review to ensure new NPPF compliance

10.07.18 – Mr Buggins is dead – long live Mr Buggins

20.06.18 – Brokenshire supports report calling for ‘the pursuit of beauty’ in news

13.06.18 – Sir William Worsley, the new tree champion, will give residents a say on chopping

14.04.18 – Labour plans 100,000 homes a year

17.04.18 – The housing timebomb: A third of all millennials will still be renting when they collect their pensions