Showing posts with label Planning Consent. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Planning Consent. Show all posts

Sunday, 22 December 2019

Why Is New Home Delivery Failing To Measure Up?

In the year to June 2019, there were 377,000 full planning consents granted across England, continuing a pattern of decision making that has offered a substantial pipeline of sites since the start of 2017. If these consents were fully implemented as quickly as they were granted, just short of two million homes could be delivered over the course of five years. But the reality is quite different, with a sizable gap of around 124,000 homes per annum between consents granted and homes delivered. The delivery problem, as discussed in previous Savills planning papers, is partly due to a lack of consents granted where need is greatest. Read more on the Savills website.

Monday, 19 June 2017

Planning Permissions For New Homes Are Being Granted In The Wrong Areas

Planning permissions granted for new homes are being concentrated in the wrong areas, where there is less need for housing, according to new research by Savills. It found that there is a lack of 90,000 planning consents for homes in the least affordable and most in-demand areas of the country. Only 20pc of planning consents in 2016 were in the most unaffordable places, where the lowest priced homes are at least 11.4 times income. However, 40pc of the country’s total need for new homes is in these markets, while there is a surplus of consents in the most affordable locations. Read more on the Savills website.

Friday, 21 October 2016

Builders Claim Councils ‘Abuse’ Planning Rules

Industry leaders claimed local authorities were imposing excessive demands when giving housing developments planning consent. The claims were made to MPs on the Commons CLG committee which is investigating the housebuilding industry and if government targets to build thousands of new homes can be met. MPs heard claims that councils planning committees are adding demands to decisions that cannot be signed off or enforced later due to resourcing issues. As a result, developments are being delayed. Read more on 24Housing.

Thursday, 24 March 2016

Quicker To Build Homes On Brownfield Sites

Housing developments on brownfield sites are completed more quickly than those on greenfield land. While the time between planning permission and work starting is generally the same for brownfield and greenfield sites, brownfield developments are finished more than six months sooner, research for the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) found. The research looked at 1,040 developments with active planning consent during three years up to March 2015 in 15 urban and urban-rural fringe local authorities. Both types of site - brownfield and previously undeveloped, or greenfield, land - took an average of 29 weeks to start after they had secured planning permission. But brownfield sites then took an average of 63 weeks to be completed, in comparison with 92 weeks for greenfield sites. Read more on the Daily Mail website.