affordable housing

Appeals round-up: Conversion of artists’ workshop to ‘fine dining restaurant’ blocked; 10 HMOs allowed above Smethwick high street

15.03.2019

Matt Moody

A round-up of planning appeals: 9 March-15 March, 2019

Appeal: Retirement developer's affordable housing calculation 'not justified'

14.03.2019

Matt Moody

An inspector has refused plans for 39 retirement living apartments near Exeter, ruling that the appellant's method for calculating how much off-site affordable housing it should provide was not justified....

Spring Statement 2019: £3bn for affordable housing scheme, Borderland Growth Deal cash

13.03.2019

Laura Edgar

Chancellor Philip Hammond has announced a £3 billion Affordable Homes Guarantee Scheme in the Spring Statement, as well as money for the Borderlands Growth Deal.

Appeals round-up: Retirement scheme’s affordable housing offer falls short by £1.2m; Former mineral extraction sandpit is greenfield land

08.03.2019

Matt Moody

A round-up of planning appeals: 2 March-8 March, 2019

Appeal: Retirement scheme’s affordable housing offer falls short by £1.2m

06.03.2019

Matt Moody

In rejecting its plans for 33 ‘retirement living apartments’ in Chingford, an inspector has dismissed a developer’s contention that its offer of less than half the affordable housing contribution required by...

Housebuilding rising but not meeting government targets, reveals survey

27.02.2019

Prithvi Pandya

affordable housing | Brexit | England | housebuilders | Housing

The results of a survey have found that 57 per cent of housebuilders increased the rate at which they built new homes in the last year.

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Hayes to introduce land compensation bill to Parliament

27.02.2019

Laura Edgar

MP Helen Hayes will move a Ten Minute Rule Bill in the House of Commons today (27 February) that aims to address hope value and ‘fix’ the definition of affordable housing.

Appeal: £230k ‘starter homes’ would not be locally affordable

12.02.2019

Matt Moody

An inspector has rejected plans for 11 ‘starter homes’ in Dorset, ruling that they would be too expensive to meet the identified local need for affordable housing in the area.

Appeals round-up: Claim that subdivision was carried out by mistake is ‘not believable’; Permission to convert burnt-down goat shed refused

01.02.2019

Matt Moody

A round-up of planning appeals: 26 January-1 February, 2019

Appeal: ‘Crossrail effect’ does not justify zero% affordable housing

01.02.2019

Matt Moody

The developer behind plans for a 25-storey tower in Ilford cannot ‘put off' a review of its affordable housing contribution until Crossrail has increased house prices in the area, an inspector has ruled....

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