England

New statistics suggest that the highest proportion of property completions under the Help to Buy: ISA scheme was in the North West, Yorkshire and The Humber, and the West Midlands.

England lacks a coherent strategy to integrate land use planning with transport strategy, says the RTPI – adding that Scotland’s agenda for cleaner air and the role planning can play is much clearer.

James Brokenshire has published the government’s social housing green paper today (14 August), as the government looks to empower residents and tackle the stigma surrounding social housing.

In response to the government’s strategy to end homelessness, in which the government has said it wants no one to be sleeping rough by 2027, the industry has called for more social housing to be part of the solution to get people off the street.