The White Paper strongly encourages mixed tenure solutions to support delivery through a very broad range of measures. The house building process needs early, integrated planning with all stakeholders co-operating from the outset.
The White Paper acknowledges the importance of design quality and the stimulus for build to rent is welcomed; this has to now be supported by planning. Lifting supply and achieving quality outcomes requires quality design and development management and there is a danger that this is an increasingly scarce resource, particularly on the commissioning side.
The planning reforms should assist in ensuring local authority plan making is more consistent, efficient and focussed on delivering improved supply. Not enough housing is meeting the needs of younger and older households.
Businesses in the housing industry anticipate a doubling of output in some areas over the next 5 years and investment partners have funds available.
The Housing Forum’s Working Group on new supply “Future proofing housing supply” (February 2017) proposes 10 measures necessary to deliver a major, long term solution to the structural deficit in the delivery of more homes and draws out different approaches to supply.
Recommendations for planning reform, greater expectations and flexibilities for local authorities and incentivisation for new entrants to the housing market are among the proposals. Central to this is the recommendation that Government and the housing industry work together to agree a minimum ten year large scale capital investment plan for housing.
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Stephen Teagle, Deputy Chair, The Housing Forum
Chief Executive, Vistry Partnerships
Lise-Anne Boissiere, Deputy Director | Housing Strategy
DCLG
Chris Tinker, Chairman Regeneration Division
Crest Nicholson
Alan Benson, Head of Housing Strategy & Commissioning
London Borough of Haringey
Simon Chatfield, Senior Director
Be:here Ltd
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