Friday, 26 October 2018

Developers Hog Land For Record 130,000 Homes


Developers are sitting on land for more than 130,000 homes in England that have never been built – the worst gap on record, according to new analysis. The record gap between planning permissions granted and new homes being built has led to calls for tough new penalties to be enforced against developers that sit on land rather than build. North-west England and London had the worst gaps, with only 50% of new homes being built where planning permission had been obtained between 2012 and 2017. Read more on the Guardian website.

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