Simon Ricketts
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Local planning authorities should more closely assess housing needs
The traditional affordable housing model appears to be in a precarious state, starved of its two main dependencies.
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All the parties back garden cities, but will the vision become reality?
The new garden city concept is slowly gaining traction as a means of helping to meet the country’s severe need for additional new housing.
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Planning: how to go back to the negotiating table
What do you do if your development’s approval period runs out? Simon Ricketts advises
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When the levy breaks
A proposed levy to fund infrastructure could be even worse than the planning ‘pain’ supplement. Simon Ricketts reports
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Question time
Gordon Brown’s planning gain supplement will radically change development. Simon Ricketts looks at how the system will work in practice, while David Ryland reports on the chancellor’s plans for REITs