Housing and planning bodies have joined forces to create a new group designed to give local authorities clearer guidance on planning issues. The housing charity Shelter has linked with the Town and Country Planning Association, Home Builders Federation and many others to deliver the Local Housing Requirements Assessment Working Group after research showed councils need more guidance. Shelter found that 80 per cent of local authorities questioned in a survey agree that more guidance is needed to help them accurately estimate local housing requirements. The research, carried out by the Cambridge Centre for Housing and Planning Research, indicated that without updating existing guidance there will not be the consistent approach needed across local authority areas to meet the new ‘bottom up’ approach, as set out in as the Localism Bill. Download a copy of the report from the Shelter website.
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