Local councils will be judged not just by the amount of
land they make available for development, but also by how much of that land is
built on, the chair of the Labour review into the future of housebuilding told
the Local Government Association conference. Sir Michael Lyons has been given
the task of drawing up a plan for ensuring 200,000 homes a year are built by
2020. Speaking to the LGA in Bournemouth, he said a Labour government would not
be abandoning the current national planning policy framework that requires
councils to make land available, and if anything it would be turning the screw
on councils. He said: "We are breaking eggs to make omelettes. The backlog
is so serious here that we have to do everything we can." His remarks
suggest the National Planning Inspectorate will, if anything, have a bigger
role in ensuring houses get built. Read more on the Guardian website.
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