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UK housing developments axed as Tory planning reforms take effect (www.ft.com)

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Councils reverse course on agreed plans after targets diluted despite acute shortage of homes

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[–] theinspectorst@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Non-paywall link: https://archive.is/JCp2k

Calling the government’s reforms a “grubby concession” to backbenchers who want to block housing development, Matthew Pennycook, shadow housing minister, has pledged that Labour would enact “mandatory targets that bite on individual local planning authorities” if it came to power.

The issue of housing and planning is set to be a point of contention in this year’s general election, with the Centre for Cities think-tank estimating that the UK has a historical backlog of 4mn unbuilt homes, with an average house in England now costing more than 10 times the average salary.

[–] frankPodmore@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 year ago

This needs to be the first thing Labour does in power. If they can get more homes built, everything else will be much easier to deliver!