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Affordable housing exemption could lead to loss of thousands of homes

08.10.2020

Laura Edgar

The Local Government Association (LGA) says communities across England could have missed out on thousands of homes if the government’s proposed planning reforms had been in place over the past five years.

Government releases £91.5 million for vulnerable people

17.09.2020

Huw Morris

England | mhclg | Policy & Politics | private-rented sector | rough sleeping

A total of 274 local authorities will share in £91.5 million of government funding to help vulnerable people housed during the Covid-19 pandemic to stay in accommodation.

Campaigners throw down legal gauntlet on permitted development

26.08.2020

Huw Morris

Campaigners are threatening legal action against the government unless it suspends new permitted development rights (PDR) that come into force next week.

Finalists unveiled for environmentally friendly homes for the future

25.08.2020

Huw Morris

Six finalists in a government competition to find the top design for low-carbon, age-friendly homes of the future have been unveiled.

RTPI: Permitted development will hit the vulnerable hardest

22.07.2020

Laura Edgar

UK built environment professionals have written to the housing secretary expressing their concerns on the extension of permitted development rights (PDR) given the ‘divergent ways in which we have all experienced the Covid-19 pandemic’.

Guidance for Town Deals published

23.06.2020

Laura Edgar

Economic Growth | England | mhclg | town deal

The government has published guidance outlining how local leaders of the 100 selected towns for the £3.6 billion Towns Fund should prepare a Town Deal.

News in brief: First female chief planner appointed at MHCLG; SoS calls in Thames riverside scheme

16.06.2020

Laura Edgar

A round-up of planning news: Tuesday 16 June, 2020

England round-up: MHCLG updates Covid-19 guidance for planning; Application submissions fall in England

15.05.2020

Laura Edgar

A round-up of planning news in England: 9 Msy-15 May, 2020

Fall in Right to Buy sales in Q3

01.04.2020

Laura Edgar

England | Housing | mhclg | Right to Buy

English local authorities sold an estimated 2,356 dwellings between October and December 2019 (Q3) – a 12 per cent decline on the same quarter in 2018/19.

Stats indicate decline in new-build starts in Q4 2019

30.03.2020

Laura Edgar

England | Housing | mhclg | new build dwellings | planning statistics

Between October and December 2019, there were an estimated 34,260 new-build starts in England, 11 per cent less than the number started between July and September 2019.

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