Housing

Homes England completed 37,164 houses last year

27.06.2022

Laura Edgar

affordable homes | England | homes england | Housing

Programmes being delivered by Homes England completed 37,164 houses between 1 April 2021 and 31 March 2022, 26,485 (71 per cent) of which are affordable.

Appeals round-up: Andrew rejects inspector’s call on shale gas exploration; Next warehouse refused in green belt despite employment benefits

24.06.2022

Ben Gosling

England | Heritage | Housing | Rural | UK

A round-up of planning appeals: 18 June-24 June, 2022

Backwell, Bristol / theenigma, Shutterstock: 1968452863

Appeal: ‘Substantial shortfall’ in housing supply leads to approval for homes

23.06.2022

Ben Gosling

five year housing land supply | Housing | Rural | South West

A development of 125 dwellings in Backwell, Somerset, has been approved after an inspector determined that the scheme’s contribution to the area’s housing land supply outweighed its conflict with the local...

Eastborne Shorefront / PhotoWiolaGrafika, Shutterstock: 2118805700

Appeal: Hotel to HMO conversion refused because of impact on neighbours

22.06.2022

Ben Gosling

Heritage | HMOs | Housing | South East

Planning permission to convert the Savoy Court Hotel in Eastbourne into a 32-bedroom house in multiple occupancy (HMO) has been refused, after an inspector determined that the change of use would impact the...

Build-to-rent delivered at scale can ease the housing crisis

22.06.2022

Harry Knibb MRTPI

Build-to-rent offers a flexible and more affordable alternative to home ownership, argues Harry Knibb of Oxford Properties. It’s time the planning system was better configured to support it

Queen’s Speech dashes small builders’ hopes for meaningful planning reform

22.06.2022

Rico Wojtulewicz

A lack of cohesive thinking about planning reform in the levelling up bill is bad news for smaller builders, says Rico Wojtulewicz

Application submitted for 452-home plan in Richmond

22.06.2022

Laura Edgar

Housing | London | Plan Making - Master Planning | Regeneration | Richmond

A planning application has been submitted for the regeneration of Ham Close in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames.

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Appeal: Tolworth tower expansion sunk by lack of net-zero carbon and loss of offices

22.06.2022

Ben Gosling

Design | Housing | London | London Plan | renovation

A plan to renovate Tolworth Tower in London, converting much of its existing office space into homes, and erect two additional towers of 19 and 15 storeys (T2 and T3) has been refused, after an inspector...

Report: Not enough brownfield land capacity to meet housing demand

21.06.2022

Laura Edgar

If every piece of land on councils’ brownfield land registers were to be built on, this capacity equates to just 31 per cent of the 4.5 million new homes needed over the next 15 years to meet demand, reveals a report.

Year-on-year decline in planning application submissions continues

20.06.2022

Laura Edgar

Cymru | England | Housing | planning application | Planning Portal

In May, 57,438 applications from England and Wales were submitted to the Planning Portal.

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