PLANNING INDUSTRY INTELLIGENCE

21.01.21 – End of year stats show milestones reached in making homes safer

20.01.21 – How the government is backing permitted development, city living and new settlements to meet its housebuilding target, by Catriona Riddell

19.01.21 – More than 50 councils to get planning powers curbed following latest Housing Delivery Test results

18.01.21 – Stamp duty cut brings boom times for builders

16.01.21 – Sajid Javid urges action on housebuilder competition

16.01.21 – ‘Right to Regenerate’ to turn derelict buildings into homes and community assets

15.01.21 – Housing supply figures recovered after first coronavirus lockdown, data shows

14.01.21 – Housing market in England and Wales loses momentum

13.01.21 – Ministers should scrap plans to build 300,000 homes a year, say countryside groups

12.01.21 – How the latest London Plan changes will affect development

06.01.21 – CIL Watch: Housing minister says government is open to “regional” approach for new infrastructure levy

04.01.21 – Housebuilding activity will not fully recover until 2023

11.12.20 – The 121 authorities that we predict will face housing delivery test sanctions next year

10.12.20 – Ministers need a new plan on housing for the north

09.12.20 – MPs slam MHCLG’s ‘serial failures’ on housing policies in blistering report

08.12.20 – Housing minister promises government response to standard method consultation ‘shortly’

07.12.20 – Homes England calls on sector to sign Building Safety Charter

04.12.20 – Tory rebels plot to block new homes on climate grounds in planning algorithm row

03.12.20 – Fast track for public services: new planning reforms to speed up delivery of schools and hospitals

01.12.20 – UK house price growth ‘fastest for almost six years’

27.11.20 – Boris Johnson’s ‘mutant’ planning algorithm could scar England for ever

25.11.20 – Chancellor announces £12 million for planning reform, but no details yet

24.11.20 – More than 50% of Conservative backbenchers consider opposing planning reforms, survey shows

22.11.20 – Tories call for inquiry into ‘bad data’ to justify rural housebuilding