Housing Comment – Page 2
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CommentThe Building Safety Bill: Slow going in the right direction
Draft legislation builds could take over three years to come into force - by which time the industry must have improved competence levels
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CommentWhy the Jenrick saga has dented faith in the planning system
Public support for housing development is dependent on the perception of fairness and impartiality
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CommentHow Taylor Wimpey got back on site
Chief executive Pete Redfern explains how the housebuilder has adapted its sites to maintain social distancing
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CommentPlanning reforms: A mishmash of philosophies that does not seem to fit
Robert Jenrick will have to reconcile this deregulatory approach with the beauty commission’s agenda, says Joey Gardiner
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CommentThank you Rishi Sunak for still investing in infrastructure
The chancellor had to address the coronavirus but he did make long term promises too - it would just be good to have some more detail
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CommentHow public-private partnerships can act as a catalyst for regeneration and housing delivery
The removal of the borrowing cap on the Housing Revenue Account represents an opportunity to build vibrant new mixed-use communities
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CommentOur existing housing stock must be made accessible too, not just new builds
Campaigns such as the Healthy Homes Act are ensuring new homes are built to accessible standards. But what about the existing stock?
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CommentIs developing on small sites achievable?
In the Draft New London Plan, Sadiq Kahn has set a target of 64,935 new dwellings per year, with 24,573 of these to be delivered on small sites. But how realistic is this?
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CommentAre these new models of housing delivery the future?
It’s all a little topsy turvy but the housing sector suggests that the traditional domains of single specialism expertise are increasingly of the past
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CommentRelaxing permitted development rights has potential, but concerns remain
Authorities, developers and residents alike should be careful, says TLT’s Katherine Evans
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CommentMaking promises is easy – delivering them is something else
If only we had politicians who, instead of promising the impossible, focused on what can really be delivered, and then got on with it..
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CommentFatally flawed - the standard method is a case study in how not to change planning policy
The current standard method is fatally flawed - yet not as flawed as the way it has been introduced, says The Strategic Land Group’s Paul Smith
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CommentGrenfell – a question of trust?
If the Grenfell fire teaches us one thing, says Colm Lacey, it is that the construction and development sectors need to create a culture of trustworthiness and humanity
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CommentCouncils and developers need to take responsibility for transport
Younger people are being forced to rely on cars in many new developments which are void of transport links. How can housebuilders, developers and local authorities get this right?
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CommentBudget 2018: Hammond called time on PFI and Help to Buy, so what next?
PFI may be on the way out, but Hammond was careful not to condemn all public-private partnerships. What will replace it?
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CommentCan public sector land disposal really provide the answer to the UK’s housing crisis?
Public land sell-offs are often delayed because they are also frequently controversial - but might this be a desperately sought-after solution?
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CommentYes, Prime Minister – solving the UK's housing crisis
The commitment of new funding over the long-term will help larger housing associations develop the high volume of affordable well managed units the UK desperately needs
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CommentGovernment's planning guidance on build-to-rent shows it is still supportive of the policy
The government still thinks build-to-rent can tackle the housing crisis - here’s what the latest guidance means for housing and local authorities
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CommentWe apologise for the late-running Crossrail service …
Crossrail’s was supposed to be a good news story for construction - so what went wrong?
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CommentCan garden villages solve our housing crisis?
The government has identified 14 new Garden Villages across England aimed at providing settlements of between 1,500 and 10,000 homes - potentially delivering more than 48,000 homes