Labour To Scrap Developer ‘Get-Out’ Clause

Shadow Housing Secretary, John Healey MP, has announced that the next Labour Government will scrap ‘permitted development’ rules for new homes, ending a get-out clause. The current clause is said to allow developers to dodge social housing and build “slum housing”. Permitted development rights introduced since 2013 allow developers to bypass the normal planning process by converting commercial spaces into housing without the consent of the council and local community. This gives developers a ‘get-out’ from requirements to provide affordable housing and meet basic quality rules such as space standards creating flats that are only a few feet wide. Read more on 24housing.

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