As a 17-year-old, working my summer on a building site to get cash together to fund a trip to the Greek islands, there was this one person who would visit site and inspect what was going on every now and then. She was a little bit older than me, wore a suit, clearly hadn’t been […]
Why the standard methodology for housing won’t house the Northern Powerhouse
Sajid Javid recently announced a consultation on a standardised methodology for assessing local housing need. The broad basis of this proposal, which was originally included in the Housing White Paper in February, is aimed at helping local authorities plan for the right homes in the right places. What is it for? As the consultation […]
Solving the puzzle of under-delivery be as simple as allocating more land for housing?
Since the financial crash of 2008 there has been unrelenting media coverage regarding the housing crisis within the UK, and the continued failure of the market to meet the Country’s housing needs. Despite Local Authorities having increased the number of major residential Planning Permissions which have been granted by 59% in five years, as well […]