PLANNING INDUSTRY INTELLIGENCE

17.02.20 – Why First Homes will not create the additionality needed to solve the housing crisis

16.02.20 – Discounted housing scheme out of reach of most first-time buyers

15.02.20 – New housing minister Christopher Pincher needs to tackle these issues

14.02.20 – Who is new housing minister Christopher Pincher?

13.02.20 – Esther McVey sacked as housing minister in reshuffle

11.02.20 – Johnson backs High Speed Two project in full

11.02.20 – £5bn fund to transform towns in boost for cycling and bus travel

10.02.20 – Boris Johnson to repay the north by approving HS2

07.02.20 – Jenrick unveils plans for ‘First Homes’ with £100,000 discounts

06.02.20 – Election result and Brexit ‘set to speed up infrastructure decisions’, says MHCLG official

05.02.20 – Planners not obliged to consider visual impact when assessing green belt openness, Supreme Court rules

04.02.20 – Why are Britain’s new-builds all so ugly?

03.02.20 – Brexit sparks housing boom in capital, with estate agents reporting highest buyer interest in 15 years

01.02.20 – Local councils face showdown with housing minister as he threatens to strip them of planning powers

01.02.20 – Is housing design and planning safe in the Tories’ hands?

30.01.20 – Housing Secretary: beautiful homes should become ‘norm’

29.01.20 – More affordable housing ‘should be built in national parks’

27.01.20 – The Thinkhouse Review: is co-living a housing solution for vulnerable older people?

26.01.20 – Boris bounce: find out how the election has moved house prices near you

25.01.20 – New homes that conform to local residents’ ideas of beauty to be fast-tracked through planning system

22.01.20 – What do we want from the Mayor when it comes to housing?

21.01.20 – New UK housing ‘dominated by roads’

20.01.20 – It will take more than building homes to solve the housing crisis

20.01.20 – Build HS2 in full, bosses demand

19.01.20 – Serious design flaws in many housing estates, report claims

17.01.20 – Ministers promise to revamp and expand Housing Infrastructure Fund

16.01.20 – What the new London Plan’s housing targets will mean for boroughs’ housing land supplies

16.01.20 – Tory social housing gap is so big it could house every homeless person in the country

15.01.20 – 2020 vision: what lies in store for housing this year

14.01.20 – Government announces £8 million cash boost for vibrant new communities

13.01.20 – The case for … never demolishing another building

11.01.20 – UK ‘Class war’ rages over Government’s housing policy

10.01.20 – ‘Absurd’ leasehold pricing should stop, say campaigners

09.01.20 – Helping the homeless, innovation and cheaper parking can save Britain’s high streets, insists Housing Secretary

07.01.20 – UK house price affordability worsens over past decade

06.01.20 – Number of major residential schemes approved in England falls by ten per cent

05.01.20 – The Guardian view on the UK housing crisis: no plan to fix it

03.01.20 – Labour derides ‘puny’ £4m fund to tackle rogue landlords

02.01.20 – The new MPs who may affect the housing sector

24.12.19 – Nine key planning pledges in the Queen’s Speech

19.12.19 – Queen’s Speech: Delivering fairer, more affordable homes for buyers and renters

19.12.19 – The National Federation of Builders welcomes Queen’s Speech plans to increase planning certainty

18.12.19 – Khan agrees to cut London Plan housing targets but stands firm on green belt

16.12.19 – Why we must collectively hold this government to account on housing

13.12.19 – Tory 2019 election victory: Seven key planning promises made by the party

13.12.19 – General election 2019: housing sector reacts to Conservative majority

12.12.19 – Getting Brexit done will trigger surge in housing market, top survey shows

10.12.19 – Voters face stark choice to fix the UK’s housing crisis

09.12.19 –  One third of MHCLG-backed garden community homes ‘have no formal planning status’

06.12.19 – UK house prices rise despite uncertainty over Brexit and election

05.12.19 – Tory Housing Minister Robert Jenrick on council housing, rent control and long-term fixed mortgages

04.12.19 – Britain’s housing market needs a permanent fix 

04.12.19 – Government establishes ‘protection board’ to assure safety of towers with Grenfell-style cladding

02.12.19 – Why house prices for many first-time buyers are now soaring

29.11.19 – The Conservatives have offered more of the same on housing. That is not enough

29.11.19 – Election 2019, Your Questions Answered: Which party will help first-time buyers?

28.11.19 – UK house price growth low for a year, says Nationwide

26.11.19 – Election housing policies: who should I vote for?

25.11.19 – Conservatives pledge extension of housing association Right to Buy pilot in manifesto

24.11.19 – It’s hard to build our way out of the housing crisis

22.11.19 – General election 2019: Labour plans extra property tax on foreign buyers

21.11.19 – Conservatives pledge ‘at least’ a million homes over next five years

21.11.19 – Labour set to issue ‘housing revolution’ pledge

20.11.19 – Labour to unveil £75bn social housing plan to ‘build for the many’

18.11.19 – Boris Johnson attacks ‘oligopoly’ of developers in defence of housebuilding record

17.11.19 – The power of sentimentality to affect the housing market is always underestimated

14.11.19 – Redrow boss says Help to Buy price caps will create ‘postcode lottery’

07.11.19 – We must redouble our efforts this election to get affordable homes up the agenda

06.11.19 – Housing minister backs away from rent controls in boost for landlords

05.11.19 – None of pledged starter homes built, says watchdog

03.11.19 – Nimby Britain: the hardest places to get planning permission revealed

02.11.19 – Election 2019: Labour pledges new-build homes ‘zero carbon’ by 2022

31.10.19 – Why record numbers of councils are releasing green belt in their local plans

30.10.19 – The councils that determined the fewest applications within government time limits up to June 2019

29.10.19 – Typical home £800 pricier than a year ago, says the Nationwide

28.10.19 –  The housing crisis is at the heart of our national nervous breakdown

26.10.19 – Government should abolish or reform ‘eye watering’ stamp duty to boost housing market, says think tank

24.10.19 – 13 key recommendations in the London Plan examination report

22.10.19 – London Plan inspectors say mayor should commit to green belt review

21.10.19 – Housing supply crisis ’caused by planning restrictions’

17.10.19 – Housing market remains in doldrums

15.10.19 – UK house prices will crash by 10% in case of no-deal Brexit, top credit rating agency forecasts

13.10.19 – What does a no-deal Brexit mean for the property market?

11.10.19 – Council housebuilding: back with a vengeance

11.10.19 – Government accused of wrecking plans to build more social housing

10.10.19 – Thanks to Jeremy Corbyn and Brexit, Britain’s army of super-rich renters is going to get bigger

09.10.19 – Housing market that makes losers of us all

07.10.19 – House price growth at six-year low, says the Halifax

04.10.19 – Housing completions up but starts fall, latest MHCLG quarterly figures show

03.10.19 –London Plan examiners ‘recommend that 65,000-home annual target is cut by 20 per cent’

01.10.19 – UK’s slowing housing market hits stamp duty revenue

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