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[Lancs Lad]

That's one thing i learned about these local housing associations that i didn't realise. Its apparently very difficult for planners to turn down their applications. A lot of towns and villages have green space left which are designated as amenity land (which basically means they cannot be built on) so members of the public couldn't get permission for houses on them but housing associations can and do.

This...gotta or indeed already had situations..
Current wainhomes one we were puzzled they put in for 50 "normal" houses which was chucked...they come back with some JV and social affordable shite which has gone through.
Wonder what the F these will be like...the "normal"ones they've chucked up across the lane are horrendous...no character litterally nothing links with local styles etc..it's just a joke.
Yet you try and put a single story and they take your pants down...this brick and this slate etc...

 

[Jimoz]

There's a clause with land in green belt which can't be developed on. They will usually let it be used for affordable housing that will only be used for people with strong links to the village. Long term employed, grew up in village, family in village etc etc

 

[V8Druid]

There's a clause with land in green belt which can't be developed on. They will usually let it be used for affordable housing that will only be used for people with strong links to the village. Long term employed, grew up in village, family in village etc etc

Jim, the clauses aren't worth the paper they're set out on ...... Aber. has had a beautiful mansion type house which has been used for many decades as an educations centre ..... it was left to the town by a local benefactor a century ago, covenanted that it should never be sold or used for any other purpose than to the benefit of the town's people ..... b'stards got the covenant extinguished and sold it to the highest bidder for development together with all its grounds .... just one example I could quote you ..... I'm waiting for the day they try it on with the town's park .... another covenanted gift to the town ... already done it with the 4.5 acres that was the livestock market ... we're a market town... with no market .....and what a fiasco it was ... cost the rate payers more in consultations and fees than they got for it and were then held to ransom by Morrisons over what they built ... or they'd walk without paying ..... ten plus years it lumbered on for and we then all got screwed .... shop looks like a nuclear installation / power plant ....... so don't count on any clauses or covenants to do anything other than be over-ruled

 

[V8Druid]

well this'll go a long way to meeting targets

Housing association to reduce development to 600 homes a year

Landlord increases projected spend on existing stock from £500m to £770m over the next 10 years

www.building.co.uk

 

[bobthebuilder]

how are labour going to build build build ,have they not noticed how smooth the planning system works in wales

 

[V8Druid]

how are labour going to build build build ,have they not noticed how smooth the planning system works in wales

Labour to make major housing announcements ‘within a fortnight’ of winning the election

Starmer pledges to push on with housebuilding "from day one" as it targets 1.5m homes

www.building.co.uk

or should this be in the I challenge you to make me laugh thread ????

 

[V8Druid]

There's a clause with land in green belt which can't be developed on. They will usually let it be used for affordable housing that will only be used for people with strong links to the village. Long term employed, grew up in village, family in village etc etc

rural exception it's called - no guarantees that locals will get first dibs though when AH lnadlords are involved -- needs writing in at planning app stage, by very involved, effective local action groups - trust me - been there.

 

[V8Druid]

my understanding was that social landlords were not for profit / all ploughed back in ?

L&G Affordable Homes to post profit despite being hit with £35m of revaluation losses

Firm completed more than 1,300 homes last year

www.building.co.uk

 

[6feetdown]

my understanding was that social landlords were not for profit / all ploughed back in ?

L&G Affordable Homes to post profit despite being hit with £35m of revaluation losses

Firm completed more than 1,300 homes last year

www.building.co.uk

Are they a social ll?

 

[V8Druid]

Are they a social ll?

well they have ''Affordable rent customers'' so I'd say yes .. also do shared ownership schemes too

Shared Ownership Houses & Affordable Housing Across the UK - Legal & General Affordable Homes

We provide affordable housing options across the UK. Our aim is to better people’s lives and ensure that everyone has access to a safe and secure space to call their own.

landgah.com

 

[V8Druid]

Church Commissioners select Bloor and St Philips for Warwickshire site

The Church Commissioners for England has selected Bloor Homes and St Philips to deliver part of a 2,000-home development in North Warwickshire.

www.theconstructionindex.co.uk

" The Church Commissioners own approximately half of a 160-hectare development site " one of the biggest land owners in the country and always have their hand out, cap in hand pleading for funds

" The Church Commissioners for England’s strategic land portfolio has the capacity to deliver 30,000 homes across 60 strategic sites in England, with 6,000 homes already subject to live planning applications. "

 

[V8Druid]

Barrat'll not be happy 'bout this

Concrete frame defects and fire safety work cost Barratt an extra £130m

Housebuilder says it expects CMA decision on £2.5bn merger with Redrow by August

www.building.co.uk

 

[V8Druid]

of course they will ........

Will Labour backbenchers try to block planning reform?

The election result means many traditionally anti-development constituencies now have Labour MPs with small majorities. Will they oppose Starmer's green belt plans? And if so will he stand up to them, asks Paul Smith.

www.building.co.uk

and here's the start of it

New construction minister opposes permitted development rights

Prime minister Keir Starmer has appointed Croydon West MP Sarah Jones as minister for construction.

www.theconstructionindex.co.uk

 

[V8Druid]

and some more

Chancellor spells out planning reform priorities

On her first full working day in the job, new chancellor of the exchequer Rachel Reeves has given details of her plans to reform the UK planning system.

www.theconstructionindex.co.uk

" The emphasis is all on house-building and energy generation, and local opposition will be overridden if any development is considered to be to the benefit of the economy. .... decisions on large developments will be taken nationally not locally. ........ we will also support local authorities with 300 additional planning officers across the country.” (There are 317 local authorities in England alone.) ....... to recover two planning appeals already, for data centres in Buckinghamshire and in Hertfordshire. ....... She concluded with a warning that tree huggers and nimbys will not be allowed to get in the way of economic progress. ......... any development may have environmental consequences "

but what'll she do about this?

One in three planning permissions left unbuilt

More than a million homes with planning permission have been left unbuilt since 2015, according to a new data source.

www.theconstructionindex.co.uk

" More than a million homes with planning permission have been left unbuilt since 2015, according to a new data source. ....... with planning applications over the first five months of 2024 at their lowest level since 2020, the data casts doubt on the ability of the next government to hit its house-building targets. ...... Had all homes granted planning permission actually been built, the (previous) government’s target of building 300,000 new homes a year would have been achieved in eight of the last 10 years. .... Until recently, planning permission was being granted for enough new homes to meet the government’s targets. "

 

[V8Druid]

Labour takes power: an industry responds

For those who still have an appetite for 2024 general election news and views, here is a collection of comments received since the Labour Party was confirmed as having secured a stonking parliamentary majority.

www.theconstructionindex.co.uk

 

[V8Druid]

that'll make a dent .......

Plans for 1,500-home ‘smart town’ pulled over viability concerns

£2.3bn coastal project designed by Poundbury-architect Léon Krier have been withdrawn

www.building.co.uk

" Fawley Waterside, a company set up by landowner Aldred Drummond alongside investors, had received planning permission to build homes on a 300-acre site formerly housing Fawley Housing power station. "

 

[V8Druid]

New chancellor Rachel Reeves announces plan to restore mandatory housing targets in first speech

Consultation paper on NPPF due to be published by the end of the month

www.housingtoday.co.uk

" “In these first 72 hours we have done more to reform the planning system than previous governments have done in the last 14 years,” Reeves said this morning. "

Time will be the only judge of that statement

 

[V8Druid]

" Housing secretary Angela Rayner has set up a New Towns Taskforce to identify sites for new conurbations of more than 10,000 new homes. .... A target of 40% affordable housing has been set, with a focus on “genuinely affordable” social rented homes. "

New Towns Taskforce eyes up likely locations

Housing secretary Angela Rayner has set up a New Towns Taskforce to identify sites for new conurbations of more than 10,000 new homes.

www.theconstructionindex.co.uk

 

[6feetdown]

" Housing secretary Angela Rayner has set up a New Towns Taskforce to identify sites for new conurbations of more than 10,000 new homes. .... A target of 40% affordable housing has been set, with a focus on “genuinely affordable” social rented homes. "

New Towns Taskforce eyes up likely locations

Housing secretary Angela Rayner has set up a New Towns Taskforce to identify sites for new conurbations of more than 10,000 new homes.

www.theconstructionindex.co.uk

Yep get ready for the countryside to be eaten up, but if you want to build a single dwelling or a workshop! No chance

 

[V8Druid]

Housing slowdown continues to hit brickmaker’s numbers

Ibstock says overall 2024 volumes will be lower than expected

www.building.co.uk