Planning System ‘Failing Those In Greatest Need’

Councils in the most deprived areas of England are meeting only a fraction of their requirements for affordable housing because the planning system is not set up to deliver homes for people in the greatest need, according to a new report. Councils, the report says, are forced to specify much lower numbers of affordable housing in their local plans than necessary because they believe setting a level which meets their true requirement would deter developers from investing in their areas. This has seen deprived areas setting their target as low as 5% of new affordable housing, when the actual need is as high as 84%. Read more on 24housing.

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