Instead of giving developers free licence to ruin communities, it should give local government the power to force them to build where they already can.
Most Tory MPs will be seeing large increases in the housing targets for their seats, while many Labour MPs see their local targets reduced.
A major part of the problem is high tax rates driven by borrowing for higher education courses that they’d be better off not taking.
New NHS hospitals do not need to be ugly. It is for the good of patients, hospital staff, and civil society, that they should be attractive buildings.
Limiting councils’ discretion could lead to a lot of fuss for little real change. The real problem is a geographically unbalanced economy.
After a decade of political upheaval, the country is ready for a decade of renewal. It is about time that we followed the example of FDR’s New Deal.
The new zone proposals will take away the effective monopoly of the big developers, allowing a genuine market to deliver for people.
It accepts that the beauty and liveability of the new settlements we create matters. Far too few new places achieve this.
The Local Government Association points the finger at developers, but their interpretation of the evidence is misleading.
The planning system is very tricky to navigate. That is good for lawyers – but bad for those wanting a good home to live in.
Conservation areas are a damning admission that the normal planning system is incapable of ensuring that new development improves places.
A lack of accountability allowed a black hole to be created in Transport for London’s budget. Planning decisions are made in secret.
As a general set of principles for the UK global aims, we would do well to turn for inspiration and leadership to Churchill and Roosevelt’s Atlantic Charter.
De-industrialisation has led to a high number of empty properties. But we now have more housing completions than the average London borough.
It’s important to stress that those generated for an area’s need will not necessarily be the same as its ultimate targets.