By Daniel Fryd, Account Director Ahead of Chelgate’s Breakfast Briefing on ‘Infrastructure-led Growth’ on 6th March, we take a look at three of the key infrastructure projects set to drive growth and change the shape of the country No earth will be moved, nor any bricks will be laid for …

By Daniel Fryd, Senior Consultant Whatever your new year’s resolutions are, they are probably not as ambitious as Kit Malthouse’s. The Housing Minister, who will have served five months in the role next week, shared a New Year’s Day message on social media saying his number one new year’s resolution …

By Kasia Banas, Consultant Having parents with property wealth is significantly more important in determining your ability to buy a home than your earnings or education, new research has shown. Young people whose parents have property wealth are now almost three times as likely to be homeowners by the age …

By Kasia Banas, Consultant  There is a ‘chaotic patchwork’ of different planning responsibilities in the country, the long-awaited Raynsford Review of the planning system warned earlier this month. The report, which provides “a holistic appraisal of the kind of planning system that England will need from 2020 onwards”, calls for …

By Daniel Fryd, Senior Consultant The growth in the number of new homes in England has slowed significantly despite more than 222,000 homes being built in England last year. MHCLG statistics released earlier this month showed new home completions at their highest rate for 10 years, but the rate of …

By Kasia Banas, Consultant In one of the biggest announcements from this year’s Conservative Party conference, Theresa May presented government’s plans to remove the cap on councils’ borrowing against housing revenue accounts (HRA). She told the conference in Birmingham that solving the housing crisis is the “biggest domestic policy challenge …

By Daniel Fryd, Senior Consultant Despite positive moves to get councils building, the planning system is failing to deliver affordable homes in the country’s poorest areas, a new TCPA report suggests. The responsibility for building affordable homes is now firmly in councils’ courts following the Prime Minister’s move to lift …

By Daniel Fryd, Senior Consultant Government will not change its housing need targets despite official statistics predicting lower household growth than previously thought, it was confirmed last week. In a consultation report launched at the end of last week, just before the Budget and its slew of other reports was …