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 …

By Michael Hardware, Director of Planning and Property We have all at some point come out of a planning committee wondering what had just happened. A perfectly reasonable policy-compliant planning application had been unexpectedly refused for vague and perhaps spurious reasons, …

Get up to speed on the fast-changing role of county councils in planning with speakers from county councils, housing associations, development companies and local councils. Chelgate Local welcomes you to our breakfast briefing on the shifting role of county councils. We will …

This month: Letwin on land banking, Malthouse ignores ONS stats, upwards extensions, HRA borrowing cap and TCPA’s tips on affordable housing Malthouse calls for “more, better, faster” as Gov ignore latest population stats Government will not change  housing targets despite official …

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 …

By Vivienne Shirley, Senior Consultant The government has launched a fresh consultation on permitted development rights (PDR) for upwards extensions, following its 2016 London-focused consultation which concluded with plans being withdrawn. The new plans were trailed at the recent Tory …

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 …

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 …