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Planning fee increase would help improve home building applications in UK
Planning cuts make the UK Government’s housing targets impossible to meet, according to the vast majority of local authorities who also want to see a rise in fees. Nearly 90% of local authorities believe that a cash injection is needed as their resources are not sufficient to meet the target of a million new homes […] The post Planning fee increase would help improve home building applications in UK appeared first on PropertyWire . Continue reading →
Mayor of London announces new planning rules to speed up affordable home building
The Mayor of London has announced new planning rules to speed up the building of more affordable housing in the city which has a shortage of homes at the lower end of the market. Sadiq Khan also announced plans for how the record breaking investment funding of £3.15 billion announced in last week’s autumn statement […] The post Mayor of London announces new planning rules to speed up affordable home building appeared first on PropertyWire . Continue reading →
Change could let developers build homes on green belt land
A Government initiative to remove protections on one part of the UK’s green belt in return for creating a new area of protected land elsewhere is expected to be given the go ahead next month. The move is expected to be publicly backed by ministers in a White Paper in December and is seen as […] The post Change could let developers build homes on green belt land appeared first on PropertyWire . Continue reading →