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24 Apr 2024 Local government

London Small Sites scheme for publicly-owned land sales

The London borough of Barking & Dagenham’s Innovative Sites Programme has brought a series of small sites to market,…

27 Feb 2024 Local government

CMA Housebuilding Market Study calls for better housing mix and more small sites

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has published the Final Report to its year-long Housebuilding Market Study, stating…

2 Feb 2024 Local government

Right to Build registers underestimate self build demand by two thirds

New analysis in the Custom and Self Build Report 2023/24 shows that there is an overall 64% under-measuring…

31 May 2023 Local government

Help ProtaHOMES map custom build sites across the UK

ProtaHOMES has developed a simple mapping tool to track custom build sites where a developer is involved in…

30 Mar 2023 Local government

Community land trusts have potential for 278,000 new homes, finds new report

The Community Land Trust Network has published its 2023 State of the Community Land Trust (CLT) Sector report,…

19 Jan 2023 Local government

£60 million Brownfield Land Release Fund 2 opened

The Brownfield Land Release Fund 2 (Round 2) for 2023 is now open for bids from councils, with…

3 Jan 2023 Local government

National Planning Policy Framework consultation launched

The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities has published the National Planning Policy Framework prospectus and launched…

31 Oct 2022 Local government

NaCSBA acts against unfair self build register financial tests

To mark Right to Build Day on 30 October, NaCSBA has published a letter calling for an end…

8 Oct 2022 Local government

No more “Grand Designs” in Solihull following shameful council action against better and cheaper homes

Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council chose the week of the inspirational Grand Designs Live, held at the National Exhibition…

3 Oct 2022 Local government

Lee Rowley latest in long list of Conservative Housing Ministers

In September, Lee Rowley MP became the fourth housing minister to take on the role in 2022, following…

28 Jul 2022 Local government

Government sets out new rules for nutrient neutrality to get housing moving

Natural England has announced a mitigation scheme as part of a government’s efforts to combat the nutrient neutrality…

24 Jun 2022 Local government

Government responds to the Bacon Review recommendations

In its recent trio of announcements, government has published its response to the 2021 Bacon Review with the…

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