Accelerating housing delivery
The GLA published an Accelerating Housing Delivery Planning and Housing Practice Note, which provides additional guidance to support short term housing delivery and provide additional affordable homes. The lawyer Simon Ricketts has issued a critical assessment, as here, on its potential effectiveness.
Chief Planner’s newsletter to LPAs December 2024
Joanna Averley, the DHCLG Chief Planner, issued another newsletter on 19th December 2024 to local authorities requiring them to update their brownfield land register for 2024 by 31st December.
It seeks their views on a Development and Nature Recovery Working Paper, proposing developers pay into a ‘Nature Restoration Fund’. Also LPAs are asked to complete an online survey on a Green Infrastructure (GI) Framework. There is an explanation of the Government’s approach [more…]
Local Government finance
A Government policy statement allocates £1.3bn of the £4bn announced in the Budget for local government services to the 2025-26 LG Finance Settlement. The rest will be targeted to places that need it most.
Chief Planner’s newsletter to LPAs November 2024
Joanna Averley, the DHCLG Chief Planner, has issued another newsletter to local authorities. It covers new regulations arising from the Levelling Up and Regeneration Act 2023 relating to Compulsory Purchase that allow ‘hope value’ to be removed from the assessment of compulsory purchase compensation. It announces interim planning guidance on how to consider the targets of the Environment Act 2021 for fine particulate matter (PM 2.5) in planning decisions. Also, an interactive [more…]
High streets to be revitalised with new legal powers
High Street Rental Auctions (HSRAs) have been announced by the Government. They will give businesses and community groups a ‘right to rent’ long-neglected town-centre commercial properties. HSRAs will allow local Councils to tackle persistently vacant properties by putting the leases up for auction after the powers come into force on 2nd December 2024.
A description of the process has been published by the legal firm Dentons.
Civic and community groups should ascertain [more…]
Only 5% of PRS listings affordable to low income households
Research as here on behalf of London Councils has shown that people on Local Housing Allowance cannot afford 95% of private rental homes in London.
Related to that, new analysis reveals that London boroughs collectively spent £1.6 billion on homelessness in the 2023-24 financial year, with £4 million a day allocated to temporary accommodation.
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Accelerating housing delivery
The GLA published an Accelerating Housing Delivery Planning and Housing Practice Note, which provides additional guidance to support short term housing [more…]
Chief Planner’s newsletter to LPAs December 2024
Joanna Averley, the DHCLG Chief Planner, issued another newsletter on 19th December 2024 to local authorities requiring them to update their brownfield land [more…]
Government Plan for Change
The Labour Government confirmed in July 2024 its five missions from its manifesto and its first six steps for change. A [more…]
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