Friday 22 June 2018

Government’s Flagship New Homes Pledge Branded 'Meaningless'


According to the Housing Secretary, the latest draft of the National Planning Policy Framework – which sets out how the Government will deliver new homes across the country – does not feature the goal. In an answer to a parliamentary question, James Brokenshire said: “The draft revised National Planning Policy Framework does not set a national home building target. It proposes the introduction of a standard method for assessing housing need that would be used locally as the starting point for each area’s plan-making.” But Shadow Housing Secretary John Healey blasted the omission saying: “After eight years of failure, the Conservatives have no plan to fix the housing crisis. Ministers’ housebuilding targets are meaningless if they don’t even feature in the Government’s national housing plan." Read more on the Politics Home website.

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