By Vivienne Shirley, Senior Consultant In a busy month for the Secretary of State for Communities, James Brokenshire has announced a new garden communities programme to provide tailored advice and potential grant funding to help get garden village and town …

By Kasia Banas, Consultant The government has been called on to consider radical reform of land value capture for communities in an open letter addressed to the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, Rt Hon James Brokenshire …

By Daniel Fryd, Senior Consultant Just when it looked like ‘Voluntary Right to Buy’ was firmly buried in the long grass, Communities Secretary James Brokenshire dug it out earlier this month and announced £200m to revive it as a new pilot …

By Kasia Banas, Consultant Following months of delays and anticipation, a ‘new deal’ for social housing residents has been launched by the Secretary of State for Communities, James Brokenshire. But despite a raft of new Ministers working on the plan …

This month: New NPPF, it’s all happening in Basildon, and no sign of the Social Housing Green Paper Welcome to August’s edition of Chelgate Local’s Newsletter, Planning Ahead. Things have been hotting up at Chelgate Local this month along with …

By Vivienne Shirley, Senior Consultant The TCPA has recently published a report exploring the ways councils are trying to boost affordable housing rates in their districts. It comes as social house building hits the lowest proportion of overall housing supply …

By Vivienne Shirley, Senior Consultant Places for People, one of the UK’s largest property development and management companies, has been selected by Surrey County Council (SCC) as its partner in a real estate deal expected to last 15 years. The …

By Mike Hardware, Associate Director The popularity of mobile homes has grown significantly in recent years. No longer the preserve of the over-55s or retiring couples, rising house prices and decreasing affordability have led to these homes becoming more mainstream …