Residential planning & policy

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  Was housing really trussed by Liz?

  2023-09-22T08:42:00+01:00By Alastair Stewart

  Blink and you’d have missed them, but a year on from Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng’s widely derided clanger of a ‘mini Budget’, housebuilders and estate agents are still reporting the aftermath. Imagine if the former prime minister and chancellor had unleashed a ‘maxi Budget’?

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  ‘Political football’ is helping to push housing up the agenda

  2023-09-21T00:00:00+01:00By Ciaran Nerval

  Experts acknowledge political point-scoring on both sides but say the focus on housebuilding is positive.

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  Sunak scraps MEES requirement for residential landlords

  2023-09-20T16:59:00+01:00By Ciaran Nerval

  Prime minister Rishi Sunak has announced that government has scrapped requirements for residential landlords to meet minimum energy efficiency standards (MEES).

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  Lib Dems could scrap housing targets if elected

  2023-09-20T09:25:00+01:00By Ciaran Nerval

  Sir Ed Davey, leader of the Liberal Democrats, has said his party’s housebuilding targets could be scrapped at its conference next week.

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  PropertyCEO’s Ritchie Clapson on small-scale development being the perfect new business

  2023-09-18T06:00:00+01:00By Ritchie Clapson

  The UK is not short of fresh business blood. More than 750,000 new companies were registered in the UK last year. Unfortunately, on average, around 20% of UK businesses fail during their first two years. This rises to 45% after five years. And 65% after 10 years.

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  Government is considering prioritising social rented housing, says Maclean

  2023-09-15T16:18:00+01:00By Ciaran Nerval

  The government is considering prioritising the delivery of new social rented housing in the UK through changes to planning policy, housing minister Rachel Maclean told delegates at the National Housing Federation Conference earlier this week.

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  Lords lay waste to nutrient neutrality law changes as ‘party politics’ take over

  2023-09-14T13:58:00+01:00By Jamie Bennett-Ness

  The government has lost its bid to scrap EU-era rules around nutrient neutrality after a Labour-led rebellion in the House of Lords.

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  HBF reveals councils are sitting on £2.8bn in developer contributions

  2023-09-13T15:21:00+01:00By Lewis Berrill

  A massive £2.8bn in Section 106 and community infrastructure levy (CIL) payments from developers remains unspent in local authority bank accounts, according to research by the Home Builders Federation (HBF).

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  Government approves Essex garden village plans two years after council rejection

  2023-09-13T10:40:00+01:00By Lewis Berrill

  The government has given the go ahead for a scheme to build 1,200 homes as part of wider plans for a new 10,000-home garden village in Uttlesford, Essex, two years after it was rejected by Uttlesford District Council (UDC).

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