Blaming councils for delays is often unfair. Often the highways authorities delay providing the infrastructure needed.
Whitehall must understand that if an algorithm offers up cherished green spaces to hungry developers, there will be a local backlash.
Law abiding local citizens face continuous harassment. Genuine problems caused by illegal activity are ignored.
Victorian and Edwardian warehousing should be renovated and turned into accommodation, rather than torn down.
Nineteen Conservative backbenchers spoke against the policy. It’s doubtful whether a top-down targets system will pass the Commons.
Releasing industrial land to build homes and preventative measures to tackle violent crime are the policies we need.
Forty-six per cent of respondents back the plans and forty per cent don’t, which mirrors the divisions seen elsewhere.
Communities demand a real say on development. Planners can’t get away with fake consultations any longer.
There’s a Covid-19 debate today, the Internal Market Bill tomorrow, a housing measure on Wednesday – plus maybe the Brady amendment.
Capitalism adapts and we are the party of innovation and opportunity. The crisis has meant a return to the Big Society.
We need more people to have their own place to live. But we don’t want to make increasing supply more challenging.
My experience in local government has convinced me that change is needed to deliver the beautiful and affordable housing that communities need.
These figures will change substantially in the final version of the algorithm, especially because it will take into account green belt restrictions.
How can ministers claim to be ‘levelling up’ the country when they are slashing targets for the North and Midlands in favour of the overcrowded South?