
Labour’s Rachel Reeves on Planning Reform
Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves’ pledge to reform planning and bring back mandatory local authority housing delivery targets has received the thumbs up from housebuilders. Ms

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Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves’ pledge to reform planning and bring back mandatory local authority housing delivery targets has received the thumbs up from housebuilders. Ms

The number of sites that gained planning permission in 2023 dropped to the lowest level for a 12-month period since The Housing Pipeline Report began

Biodiversity rules pushing small housebuilders over the edge Just three weeks into new rules on improving biodiversity uplifts on new housing schemes SME developers are

Stamp duty rebates for buyers who make their homes more energy efficient and for pensioners downsizing are among the tax breaks the property industry would

Homes England is to pilot selling parcels of land for SMEs to build new homes in the Southeast and the Midlands. Housing and levelling up

Michael Gove has come under criticism for putting pressure on London and 19 other major cities to build more homes on brownfield land. The building

New home registrations showed a 44 per cent drop in 2023 compared with the previous year, according to figures released by the National House Building

Industry unconvinced deadline for better water treatment will boost housebuilding Housebuilders are sceptical that pressure on water companies to get their treatment works up to

Depoliticising planning and offering more help for first-time buyers would speed up housebuilding according to SME developers’ comments in a recent study. More than 90

More young people look set to live with their parents as buying a home becomes increasingly expensive, the government’s housing accelerator Homes England has warned.

Solar panels on the roofs of all new homes will add millions to the cost of housing developments, warns the National Federation of Builders. The

More than half of SME builders reported the planning system as their biggest barrier to delivering new homes, according to the Federation of Master Builders,
 
															Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves’ pledge to reform planning and bring back mandatory local authority housing delivery targets has received the
 
															The number of sites that gained planning permission in 2023 dropped to the lowest level for a 12-month period since
 
															Biodiversity rules pushing small housebuilders over the edge Just three weeks into new rules on improving biodiversity uplifts on new
 
															Stamp duty rebates for buyers who make their homes more energy efficient and for pensioners downsizing are among the tax
 
															Homes England is to pilot selling parcels of land for SMEs to build new homes in the Southeast and the
 
															Michael Gove has come under criticism for putting pressure on London and 19 other major cities to build more homes
 
															New home registrations showed a 44 per cent drop in 2023 compared with the previous year, according to figures released
 
															Industry unconvinced deadline for better water treatment will boost housebuilding Housebuilders are sceptical that pressure on water companies to get
 
															Depoliticising planning and offering more help for first-time buyers would speed up housebuilding according to SME developers’ comments in a
 
															More young people look set to live with their parents as buying a home becomes increasingly expensive, the government’s housing
 
															Solar panels on the roofs of all new homes will add millions to the cost of housing developments, warns the
 
															More than half of SME builders reported the planning system as their biggest barrier to delivering new homes, according to
 
															Small sites are important for local economies On the eve of the local elections for four new regional metro mayors
 
															SME builders give thumbs up to Homes England’s small sites category SME developers key for regional growth More SME housebuilders
 
															UK steel vital for the country’s green economy SMEs housebuilders are worried the current global tariff war will create economic
 
															BNG review urgently needed to help SMEs speed up housing delivery SMEs are optimistic proposed ‘rolling reforms’ to environmental regulation
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