Almost 85,000 planned homes have been scrapped by councils across England in the wake of the Government’s decision to axe regional housebuilding targets, according to a campaign group. An independent report, commissioned by the National Housing Federation, found many town halls have substantially reduced plans for new homes following the decision by ministers to advise them to ignore the previous government’s regional housebuilding targets and the subsequent abolition of the targets altogether. Communities Secretary Eric Pickles wrote to local authorities in May outlining the Government’s commitment to abolishing regional strategies. The research found Mr Pickles’s letter had a ‘very significant impact’ on reducing local authority housebuilding targets. Read more on the 24dash website by clicking on the logo below.
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