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8 Sep 2026 Planning

Planning staff shortages deepen as councils struggle to meet housing delivery demands

New research from the Home Builders Federation (HBF) and Paragon Bank has highlighted worsening planning staff shortages in…

23 Oct 2024 Planning

Housing Minister Matthew Pennycook Recognises Custom and Self Build as a Contributor in Housing Target Delivery

NaCSBA welcomes the publication of a letter from Housing Minister Matthew Pennycook to the Chair of Homes England.…

9 Sep 2024 Planning

Don’t Miss NaCSBA’s Annual Conference 2024

This year’s NaCSBA Conference will be held at The NSBRC, Swindon on 1st October. Now in its third…

24 Apr 2024 Planning

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,…

22 Apr 2024 Planning

Labour proposes new ‘Grey Belt’ as route to building on Green Belt

Keir Starmer has launched Labour’s vision to Get Britain Building Again, including a proposal to build on the…

27 Feb 2024 Planning

CMA Housebuilding Market Study – NaCSBA responds

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

27 Feb 2024 Planning

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…

12 Feb 2024 Planning

Mandatory BNG goes live for major sites

On 12 February mandatory biodiversity net gain (BNG) took effect for large sites across the UK, meaning that…

2 Feb 2024 Planning

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…

19 Jan 2024 Planning

Community land trusts strengthened by NPPF 2023

Following lobbying by the Community Land Trust Network, the latest revision of the National Planning Policy Framework, published…

3 Jan 2024 Planning

Planning fee increases and changes

In December the government announced a planning fee increase, along with a reduction in the Planning Guarantee for…

28 Dec 2023 Planning

Revised National Planning Policy Framework supports small sites

The government has published the new National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF 2023), promising to crack down on planning…

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