The Ministers will shift housebuilding targets from Labour-supporting large cities to more rural Tory corelands and stop local councils from blocking development because it is “out of character” in their surroundings.
London’s housing industry has always considered the London target to be unrealistically high. The new Labour government is lowering it.
The UK government announced the measures on Tuesday as part of a package that includes planning reforms, which were pushed by Labour, to increase the number of new homes to 300,000. This is a record-breaking figure.
In England, the changes to national planning guidance include the reintroduction mandatory housing targets for local authorities. Former Conservative government had made the targets advisory.
Ministers will also change the formula used to set these targets so that the 20 largest urban areas in England do not have targets 35 percent higher than anywhere else.
The Tory government created the ” Uplift ” to appease their rebellious backbenchers who preferred that more houses be built in Labour urban areas than their own leafy constituencies. affected local authorities strongly resented the measure.
The housing supply will instead be increased by 0.8% annually in all areas. This will be adjusted according to affordability criteria, to encourage more construction in high-cost areas such as London and South East.
In London, the previous target was 100,000 per year. Officials from the government said that it will now be 80,000.
The government announced that it would introduce a “universal strategic planning system” in England.
Ministers will inform councils that if their housing plans are not kept up to date, they will be taken over by them. Only a third have plans that are less than five years old.
The government will consult about removing references to “beauty”, in the NPPF, on the basis that this was a subjective criterion for judging new developments which could be used arbitrarily by councils to block certain schemes.
The proposals would also strip local authorities of their ability to resist development on the basis that “out-of-character” they are.
The government has insisted that brownfields will still be “the first port of call for developments” and there is scope for higher densities of homes in urban areas.
Councils will also be encouraged to identify areas within green belts that are “grey belts”, such as former car parks or scrubland. These areas can allow for limited construction, as long as they meet “golden rule”.
According to the “grey belt” regulations, such developments would be required to provide 50 percent affordable housing and increased access to green space as well as new infrastructure like schools and GP offices.
In the UK, 231,100 homes were constructed last year. Officials have said that total supply projections in the coming years are below 200,000. This is far below their target of 300,000.
Rachel Reeves, the Chancellor of the United Kingdom, is expected to increase government funding for housing in the autumn when she reviews the budget. The government also said that she would use her first Budget, which will be on October 30, to provide “rent stability” for housing associations and councils. The government said that she would also use her first Budget on October 30 to give councils and housing associations “rent stability”.
The King’s Speech, released last week by the government, outlined a new planning and infrastructure bill that will revolutionize the way compulsory purchase orders are implemented. The bill also introduces a national scheme for delegation, which “focuses planning commissions on applications that are really important” and prevents potential developments from being reviewed more than once.
The government plans to reduce the discounts that are available to council house residents who want to purchase their home using the “right-to-buy” rules, which were introduced by the Conservatives during the 1980s. These changes will take place in the autumn. The councils will have more flexibility in using the receipts of these homes to build or buy additional social housing.
The government will also hold a broader consultation on the system of right-to-buy.
A consultation will be held later in the year to determine how much to charge for applications to alter or extend a house.
This increase is likely to be the first step in allowing councils to set their own fees for larger developments. This could help raise money to fund planning departments that are underfunded.
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