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Industry Comment | Is planning really a problem?

|Date: 3 August, 2021

Industry Comment | Is planning really a problem?

Matthew Warburton, Policy Advisor at the Association of Retained Council Housing (ARCH), looks at the iss ...

Matthew Warburton, Policy Advisor at the Association of Retained Council Housing (ARCH), looks at the issues surrounding planning and argues that councils need more powers to incentivise developers to ...

3 August, 2021
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National Audit Office report calls for significant planning reform

|Date: 8 February, 2019

National Audit Office report calls for significant planning reform

Government will fail to solve the housing crisis unless radical changes are made to the planning process. ...

Government will fail to solve the housing crisis unless radical changes are made to the planning process. The National Audit Office has released a new report — Planning for new homes — which asserts g ...

8 February, 2019
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Planning system not fit for purpose, says former Housing Minister

|Date: 16 May, 2018

Planning system not fit for purpose, says former Housing Minister

A new review of the planning system by former Housing Minister Nick Raynsford calls on the government to ...

A new review of the planning system by former Housing Minister Nick Raynsford calls on the government to scrap existing planning legislation, saying that it has been ‘built on the back of assertion ra ...

16 May, 2018
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New report proposes further reform of the planning system to increase homebuilding

|Date: 14 December, 2017

New report proposes further reform of the planning system to increase homebuilding

A new report by Croydon South MP Chris Philp, published by the Centre for Policy Studies, proposes furthe ...

A new report by Croydon South MP Chris Philp, published by the Centre for Policy Studies, proposes further reform of the planning system to increase homebuilding and promote home ownership. With the a ...

14 December, 2017
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A return to Whitehall housing targets risks letting London off the hook says Elphicke

|Date: 7 February, 2017

A return to Whitehall housing targets risks letting London off the hook says Elphicke

Former government housing adviser Natalie Elphicke brands the Housing White Paper "technically strong rat ...

Former government housing adviser Natalie Elphicke brands the Housing White Paper "technically strong rather than radical." Elphicke warns that a return to Whitehall building targets "could let London ...

7 February, 2017
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Kensa Group create Social Impact Fund to tackle fuel poverty

Orbit Homes adds another layer to its partnership with Paint360 at its new-build developments

ROCKWOOL launches high rise hub to support residential developments

SCAPE invests in waste reduction platform to support public sector net zero ambitions

Sero collaborates with CWIC to create green skills workshop

SPA launches new, free of charge call-off service

Driving scalability through demand for MMC

The ASCP calls for transformational change in social housing electrical safety to avoid future fatalities and injuries

Focus to help decarbonise homes after Community Renewal Fund grant announced for Nottingham

Celebrating a project boosting housing supply across Cornwall

Industry Comment | Is planning really a problem?

Industry Comment | Is planning really a problem?

National Audit Office report calls for significant planning reform

National Audit Office report calls for significant planning reform

Planning system not fit for purpose, says former Housing Minister

Planning system not fit for purpose, says former Housing Minister

New report proposes further reform of the planning system to increase homebuilding

New report proposes further reform of the planning system to increase homebuilding

A return to Whitehall housing targets risks letting London off the hook says Elphicke

A return to Whitehall housing targets risks letting London off the hook says Elphicke