Housing

Appeals round-up: ‘Poor outlook’ from bedsit in Cheam wig shop stockroom; 119-home Powys scheme allowed with 7.5% affordable housing

17.08.2018

Matt Moody

A round-up of planning appeals: 11 August-17 August, 2018.

Appeal: 135 homes blocked despite increased housing need in emerging plan

17.08.2018

Matt Moody

affordable housing | Housing | NPPF | South East | tilted balance

An inspector has cited Central Bedfordshire Council’s current housing land supply in blocking 135 homes, even though the council’s emerging local plan, which has been submitted for examination,...

England round-up: England falling behind Scotland in improving air quality, says RTPI; Bidding opens for garden community development support

17.08.2018

Laura Edgar

A round-up of planning news in England: 11 August-17 August, 2018

Legal landscape: Heightened expectations in London's housing market

17.08.2018

James Kon

Last month, the last of three major residential developments at Old Oak Common was approved, kick-starting construction at London’s biggest Opportunity Area and the UK’s largest regeneration...

Appeal: ‘Poor outlook’ from bedsit in Cheam wig shop stockroom

17.08.2018

Matt Moody

Housing | living conditions | London | outlook | sunlight

Plans to convert a stockroom to the rear of a hair salon and wig shop in Cheam into a bedsit have been blocked, following an inspector’s ruling that the single-aspect flat would provide poor living...

Wales round-up: Government lodges plans for 800-home village on edge of Swansea; Cardiff bus station blues

17.08.2018

Roger Milne

Cymru | Housing | Newport | The Woodland Trust | Welsh Government

A round-up of planning news in Wales: 11 August-17 August, 2018

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Government lodges plans for 800-home village on edge of Swansea

17.08.2018

Roger Milne

Cymru | Housing | Swansea | Welsh Government

Outline proposals for an 800-home development on the outskirts of Swansea have been submitted by consultancy WYG on behalf of the Welsh Government.

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North West tops Help to Buy completions

16.08.2018

Laura Edgar

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.

Voluntary Right to Buy pilot launches in the Midlands

16.08.2018

Laura Edgar

Housing secretary James Brokenshire has today (16 August) launched the Midlands Voluntary Right to Buy pilot, which he said would provide housing association tenants with the first step to getting on the property ladder.

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Bidding opens for garden community development support

15.08.2018

Laura Edgar

Housing and communities secretary James Brokenshire has announced a new programme of garden communities, inviting garden town and village developers to bid for additional government support for projects.

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