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...“The new NPPF introduces a greater number of measures for local authorities to be able to resist new housing development even when there is a clearly identifiable need,” he said....
...In December he said forcing development on to communities would only make the backlash worse, and that he would still push for more house building by pressuring local authorities to bring forward local plans...
...The £4.2bn Housing Infrastructure Fund was created in 2017 in an attempt to jump-start housebuilding by providing local authorities with grant funding for key infrastructure such as transport and utilities...
...Local authorities received a revenue grant, reducing as rents rose. Housing associations received a capital grant, recovered out of 100 per cent of inflationary surpluses....
...Instead, a bundle of interrelated policy changes are required (“Gove weakening of housing targets frees councils to axe developments”, Report, March 21)....
...The Competition and Markets Authority said that historically the 300,000 target had only been met when councils were providing a “significant supply” of new housing....
...But appeasing competition authorities may be another hurdle to getting this deal over the line....
...It would enable some to buy the home they live in and local authorities to buy the rest with sitting tenants....
...heavily reliant on “speculative private development”....
...The Competition and Markets Authority said on Friday that it was looking at whether the tie-up would “result in a substantial lessening of competition within any market or markets” in the UK, and was seeking...
...The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority on Monday added its own contribution to the paper mountain....
...Waugh says the practice is in discussion with developers and local authorities about multistorey development again....
...Astorg added that the city is not against Airbnb and supports the development of tourism for the local economy: “But we do not want the historic centre of Annecy to turn into Disneyland....
...In a speech, the housing secretary said the fresh approach would focus on ensuring local authorities have plans in place to guide development and put pressure on councils to swiftly process building applications...
...The reasons for developments being delayed or cancelled can be comical: one housing development was refused permission thanks to the “moderate potential” for it to harm bats — despite no evidence of the...
...The funding will be divided into £124mn to “unlock” 7,200 homes at Barking Riverside, a major housing development further down the Thames, and investment in Canary Wharf, which will support up to 750 homes...
...Last year the government made concessions to anti-development backbench Tory MPs, including loosening rules around requiring local authorities to meet their local housing needs....
...New York, San Francisco and London are led by progressives who wring their hands publicly over their acute and long-running housing crises....
...More recently, housing secretary Michael Gove was forced to compromise with anti-development backbenchers....
...Local authorities, which are contending with straitened finances across England, have some power to block permitted development conversion in certain areas....
...The Conservative housing secretary, Michael Gove, outlined plans in December that would strip local authorities of their planning powers if they fail to deliver updated development plans....
...Gove will outline ideas to speed up the planning system and is expected to put pressure on local authorities to draw up local housing plans, arguing that government policy is now clear....
...The housing department formally consulted last year on several options to reform ground rent....
...The pots comprise £10.47bn for economic development projects, as part of the government’s drive to narrow regional socio-economic divides....
...The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities declined to specify when ministers would decide....
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