All Feedback articles – Page 2
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InsightWe must improve and repurpose existing buildings
Editor: The reaction to the government’s extension of permitted development rights (PDR) for new housing has been loud and passionate. It may be a tool to drive volumes but experience plainly shows us that it is not a route to creating quality homes that people want to live in . ...
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Logistics sector also needs support
Editor: It is not unprecedented for planning reforms to be part of the government’s economic stimulus package, but these have tended to focus on housing. Meanwhile, logistics, which last year contributed £124bn (gross value added) to the economy, and directly supported almost one million jobs, often gets sidelined.
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Planners failing on sustainability
Editor: The Town and Country Planning Association survey findings are no surprise, but hugely frustrating given the focus on sustainability, climate change and now, driving a green economy ( ‘Most planning committees fail to “seriously consider” climate crisis’ ).
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Time to plan for an ageing population
Editor: Housing secretary Robert Jenrick’s announcement of ‘radical reform’ to the country’s antiquated planning system must be celebrated ( ‘Jenrick to announce radical planning shake-up’ )
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Developers must consider the neighbours
Editor: The government giveth with one hand and taketh with the other in its planning system reforms ( ‘Industry reacts to Boris Johnson’s Covid-19 recovery speech’ ).
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The traditional office has advantages over flexi space
Editor: I have followed your articles by Steve Jude, chief executive of NewFlex, on the whys and wherefores of the service office market for many years and have always found him optimistic about the serviced office market competing with, and perhaps taking over, from the traditional market.
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The return to offices calls for some flexibility
Editor: Gerald Kaye’s column did a fantastic job of extolling the office’s virtues and pointing out home-working’s limitations.
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Government must aid the F&B recovery
Editor: Having seen numerous cycles, although they have not been easy, I have been comforted by the knowledge that food and beverage (F B) is always the last to fall and the first to recover.
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Property needs diverse new talent
Editor: We are fully behind the chancellor in supporting young people into employment, and London’s real estate sector must seize the opportunity to recruit young people from all backgrounds.
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WeWork generation are our future
Editor: We are hearing lots of doom and gloom about what will happen to the huge amount of vacant office space appearing across the capital .
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We must plug housing investment gap
Editor: As lockdown eases, we are reminded that we need to get the economy going again.
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Planning reform key to UK recovery
Editor: The prime minister is clearly backing construction to dig us out of the economic hole created by Covid-19 ( ’Industry reacts to Boris Johnson’s Covid-19 recovery speech ’).
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Tenants’ code is too little, too late
Editor: Unfortunately, the new Code of Practice for commercial property came too little too late for the June rent quarter day (‘ Government extends ban on tenant evictions and releases code of conduct ’.
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A chance to evolve, not Armageddon
Editor: I read the article ‘ Wade warns of Armageddon ’, with interest and a little frustration.
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Isn’t it time we focused on BTR for key workers?
Editor: We have celebrated the brilliance of build to rent at the RESI Conference for a decade, but you have to stop to ask what has the sector done for key workers, who are on or below the median wage and unlikely to qualify for traditional social housing?
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Demand for offices will not go away
Editor: Considering the abruptness of organisations moving away from office-based work to observe Covid-19 social distancing restrictions, it is not surprising to read ‘The London office market braces itself for poor Q2 figures as take-up slumps by 88%’. .
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Cladding fund offers unequal solution
Editor: The combustible cladding issue in the wake of the Grenfell disaster is set to run for years despite the launch of the government’s latest £1bn Building Safety Fund ( ‘Cladding fund may fall short of remediation needs, say critics’ ).
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Why we should put people at the centre of business
Editor: Amanda Clack was correct last week in pointing to the need for “strategic decision-making” when returning to our workplaces.
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The lockdown period may usher in a leasing sea change
Editor: It’s no surprise that the likes of The Restaurant Group (owners of Chiquito, Food Fuel and Frankie Benny’s) and other tenants in similar sectors have used company voluntary arrangements (CVAs) to seek to resolve any stalemate with their landlords over how much rent to pay ...
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The UK must step up on net-zero carbon
Editor: I read with interest last week that less than half of real estate professionals feel equipped to address the climate crisis.
