Waking up to an ageing population

Jan 31, 2019

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By Kasia Banas, Consultant January saw Chelgate Local kick off 2019 with another successful breakfast briefing event. The Chelgate team partnered up with Barton Willmore to host a timely discussion on the impact of an ageing population on housing provision. Delegates from across Kent gathered to hear from speakers from

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Housing Minister ‘captured’ in disagreement over land value

Sep 27, 2018

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By Kasia Banas, Consultant In his first appearance in front of the Communities and Local Government (CLG) Committee on 5th September, Housing Minister Kit Malthouse MP made it clear he is not planning to introduce a new mechanism for capturing uplifts in land value. Instead, Malthouse insisted the recently introduced

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Letwin Review highlights need for more housing variation

Jun 27, 2018

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Sir Oliver Letwin, who was charged with the task of explaining the “significant gap” between housing completions and the amount of land allocated in areas of high demand, has released his eagerly awaited interim report. As in his letter in March, Letwin does stress that the “homogeneity of the types

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