Sajid Javid

Spending Round: Cash for decarbonisation, air quality and biodiversity

04.09.2019

Laura Edgar

Chancellor Sajid Javid has committed £90 million to help decarbonise the UK, improve air quality and increase biodiversity in his one-year Spending Round.

Javid announces £600m for housing

19.08.2019

Laura Edgar

Chancellor Sajid Javid has announced that up to 50,000 new homes are to be delivered in England through investment of a further £600 million from the Housing Infrastructure Fund (HIF).

Housing secretary James Brokenshire / Chris McAndrew

James Brokenshire announced as the new housing secretary

30.04.2018

Laura Edgar

Prime Minister Theresa May has announced James Brokenshire, MP for Old Bexley & Sidcup, as the new housing secretary as Sajid Javid becomes the new Secretary of State for the Home Department following the resignation of Amber Rudd.

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Government to invest in modern approaches to housing design

25.04.2018

Laura Edgar

At a conference in London, government ministers have called on the housing industry to deliver well-designed homes, saying the government will invest in modern approaches to design and construction.

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Consultation on new building safety rules

11.04.2018

Laura Edgar

Housing secretary Sajid Javid has published a consultation on proposals that aim to strengthen fire testing for cladding systems on residential buildings.

£30m for local authorities to address rough sleeping

03.04.2018

Laura Edgar

Housing secretary Sajid Javid has announced a £30 million fund for 2018 to 2019 that is targeted at local authorities with high numbers of people sleeping rough.

Quartermain to assess three councils over lack of local plan

26.03.2018

Laura Edgar

England’s chief planner will visit three of the 15 councils threatened with intervention for not compiling a local plan in order to assess whether the government should take over the process.

England round-up: Planning reforms needed for Northern and Midlands cities to thrive, says report; Barn conversion rule changes will increase pressure on villages, warns LGA

23.03.2018

Laura Edgar

A round-up of planning news in England: 17 March-23 March, 2018

Javid announces £300m of housing funding

22.03.2018

Laura Edgar

Housing secretary Sajid Javid has announced that £300 million is to be shared between Greater Manchester, the West of England, and Oxfordshire to deliver ‘thousands of much-needed’ new homes.

Mixed reaction to proposed NPPF revisions

06.03.2018

Laura Edgar

Professionals from across the planning and housing industry have responded to revisions proposed for the National Planning Policy Framework (NNPF), with some broadly in support of measures and others disappointed, stating that they do not go far enough.

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