The legislation introduced by the Town and Country Planning Act 1947 is still remarkably unchanged to this day.
Housebuilding is actually popular, has been for years and this is true in every part of the country and for every demographic.
Labour councils hurt the poor the most. It is the Conservatives who offer practical improvements.
MPs seem to think ‘it doesn’t affect me, so I’ll think about it later’ when they hear complaints from Generation Rent.
In Epping Forest new developments are ‘community-led’. We are championing a right to shared ownership.
Residents who seek to develop derelict public sector sites need some protection from bureaucratic obstruction.
This government should not be afraid to fix the rules that are currently breaking our country’s housing market.
The Centre for Social Justice’s new report sets out in detail how the programme could be increased from 2,000 to 16,500 places.
Installing sprinklers would provide higher safety standards at a much lower cost. That alternative should be available.
Lambeth is the perfect storm of poor housing management, road closures, identity politics and a failed Mayor.
Councils should only enter into the investment world if they know what they’re doing. They must remember that public money is at serious risk.
Our survey identified 18,083 owned by councils in London. The true figure is likely to be over 20,000.
I have been frustrated, but unsurprised, by the unfounded rhetoric by some opposition politicians to the Planning White Paper.
Pledges on housing and the environment were abandoned. The Labour Group became embroiled in bullying and anti-semitism.
I take issue with Henry Hill’s recent article for ConservativeHome on the matter. Here’s why.