Government & policy

CMA Housebuilding Market Study – NaCSBA responds ...

27/Feb/2024

NaCSBA find that custom and self build is under served by the market in its response to the CMA Housebuilding Market Study ...

Mandatory BNG goes live for major sites ...

12/Feb/2024

Mandatory biodiversity net gain has gone live for major sites, although small custom and self build sites are exempt ...

TCPA White Paper sets ouf vision for housing delivery ...

25/Jan/2024

The Town and Country Planning Association (TCPA) has set out its vision for improved housing delivery in its White Paper ...

Community land trusts strengthened by NPPF 2023 ...

19/Jan/2024

Community Land Trusts strengthened by the National Planning Policy Framework 2023 with a new community-led exception site policy ...

Planning fee increases and changes ...

03/Jan/2024

New planning fee increase and changes to the planning guarantee have come into effect, for all applications ...

Revised National Planning Policy Framework supports small sites ...

28/Dec/2023

Revised National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF 2023) supports small sites for custom and self build, among a host of other measures ...

Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill becomes law as LURA ...

10/Nov/2023

With effect from 26 October, the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill passed into law, as the Levelling Up and Regeneration Act 2023 (LURA). However, the final version of the Act ...

Government plan proposes to unblock nutrients neutrality stalled sites ...

29/Aug/2023

The Housing Secretary Michael Gove is to scrap Natural England‘s requirement to block housing in areas polluted by Nutrients Neutrality. Gove announced the significant deregulation of the rules around Nutrients ...

LABC Warranty wants your views on the 15 year warranty ...

24/Jul/2023

LABC Warranty wants your views on the 15 year warranty for new homes, which the Building Safety Act makes provision for ...

Michael Gove pledges to build more homes in cities in ...

24/Jul/2023

Michael Gove pledges to build more homes in cities as part of government's long-term housing plan, to get Britain building ...