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Why building new towns isn’t the answer to the UK’s housing crisis The-14 #UK #Housing #HousePrises #HouseBuilding #NewTowns #HousingCrisis #UKHousing #UrbanDevelopment #AffordableHousing #Infrastructure #HousingSolutions #UrbanGrowth #SustainableDevelopment

Why building new towns isn’t the answer to the UK’s housing crisis #UK #Housing #HousePrises #HouseBuilding #NewTowns #HousingCrisis #UKHousing #UrbanDevelopment #AffordableHousing #Infrastructure #HousingSolutions #UrbanGrowth #SustainableDevelopment

BIG HOUSING ANNOUNCEMENT FOR NSW Some pretty big planning reforms for housing have just been announced by Premier Minns today to respond to the urgent need for housing in NSW! These include: • A new Housing Delivery Authority (coming into effect in early 2025) • State Significant DA assessment for Housing Projects over $60 million in Sydney & $30 million regional areas • Proposals will be "assessed on merit with a flexible approach to planning controls, including any incremental zoning changes required to pursue a DA". • Introduction of a new pathway that will allow selected projects that deliver "significant housing uplift to go through a "DPHI led fast track rezoning pathway". More details to come....and presumably a number of people still eagerly awaiting the introduction of the Low to Mid Rise Housing Reforms. https://lnkd.in/g7XbGcN7 NSW Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure Urbis

Minister Bishop announced this week that he wants to "flood the market" with opportunities for housing development. While we're not sure that the word "flood" is appropriate for our communities here in Hawke's Bay and the East Coast, we get it. Minister Bishop is our Housing Minster and that man wants houses! I think that any tool that the Government can employ that will improve the development sector's ability to build houses is good, and I am here for the kōrero. What I feel is lacking is the acknowledgement that houses will not get built, even if the underlying plans and zoning allow for everything that Minister Bishop desires, if we don't also do the following: - Address decades of under-investment in our infrastructure and figure out how any new infrastructure will be designed, built and maintained; - Find the skilled, available tradespeople to design and build the necessary infrastructure and the houses; and - Figure out how to reduce our skyrocketing building costs. Check out more on my recent blog: https://lnkd.in/gYuj7gaH #housing #growth #Government #Policy

STAY ON TARGET: The government has launched a taskforce to lead on its plans to create a series of new towns. It says that these communities will have at least 10,000 properties each and be governed by a 'New Towns Code' to ensure they have appropriate infrastructure, public services, affordable housing, transport links and green spaces. The taskforce is due to consider sites and report back to ministers with recommendations within 12 months. The initiative is part of the government's plans to hits its target of 1.5 million new homes built over the next five years. Please contact us to find out more about how this - and the government's other recent planning and housing announcements - will affect your plans and projects. #planning #plans #newtowns #homes #housing #property

Australia's housing crisis requires urgent solutions. While prefabrication construction has been proposed as a fix, it's not without its challenges, let alone trucking the half houses along busy roads and the chaos that follows as special escorted requirements exist to clear traffic off the road with the approaching truck loaded with half a dwelling because of road traffic laws across Australia. In Australia, prefabrication construction is essentially a cottage industry, making it challenging to meet the staggering shortfall of over 1 million affordable and social dwellings required now, not to mention the additional 300,000 to 400,000 needed in the next 3 to 5 years. Transporting prefabricated homes across the country presents logistical issues, with half a dwelling requiring police or specialist services to warn oncoming traffic. Infill residential mid-rise apartments on surplus public land may be a more viable solution. Emulating London's policy of setting aside up to 50% of surplus land for affordable housing could be the answer. Additionally, a mandatory 30% affordable housing requirement in rezoned areas near public transport infrastructure could provide an immediate value capture. It's time for an inclusive policy setting that addresses Australia's housing crisis with urgency and social responsibility. The answer is scalable Cross Laminated Timber (CLT) in advanced modular construction platforms, which can be trucked to building sites in shipping containers with their own cranes on board and then assembled on site like "Lego" generally saves up to 75% in time, over slow inefficient custom construction, offering "Speed to Market." #advancedmodular #CLT #housingcrisis #sustainability

🌍🏡 𝐄𝐱𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐧𝐞𝐰𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐊 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭! The government has announced plans to build thousands of new homes on brownfield sites, unlocking valuable land that has previously been developed but is no longer being used. This initiative not only addresses the 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒂𝒈𝒆 but also promotes sustainable development by revitalizing urban areas. Minimising the environmental impact of new construction and enhancing community spaces. This is welcome news for the sector, not only will it contribute to a more sustainable future but it will transform local communities and help families onto the property ladder as well as creating new jobs 🆕🔨🏗️🛠️ 𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆? 💬✨ #socialhousing #sustainability #brownfieldsites #ukgovernment #development #newjobs #recruitment

Today the NSW Government announced a state-led approval pathway for major residential housing projects, and a new rezoning pathway. The approval pathway is to be overseen by the Housing Delivery Authority (HDA) which will be established within the Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure. The pathway aims to cut approval times and speed up the delivery of new homes. Proposals in this pathway will not be required to be considered by councils. The reform will come into effect early 2025 and will be available for new housing developments with an estimated development cost above $60 million in Greater Sydney and a cost of approximately $30 million in regional NSW. The new rezoning pathway allows for selected projects which would deliver significant housing uplift to go through a fast track rezoning pathway, that does not require council process. Proposals under both pathways will be selected though an Expression of Interest process run by the HDA.

With a surge in building that has seen close to 2,000 housing units currently under construction or in the pipeline in Langley City, council is increasing the amount developers contribute to fund required improvements to accommodate growth, reported the Langley Advance Times. "It has been 12 years since the City last set Development Cost Charge (DCC) rates, during which the cost of building new infrastructure, which includes sewage, water, drainage, and roads as well as parks, has gone up considerably." "Effective July 8, DCC rates were raised to more than double the previous amounts, from $18,409 for a detached residential lot to $45,563, while individual townhouse units will rise from $14,503 tp $32,683, and apartments will go up from $9,549 to $21,246, money that will help pay for the infrastructure new developments require. Langley City had earlier submitted a request for the raises to the provincial government and received approval on June 10." https://lnkd.in/gEGZpNtr #langley #development #fees

An exciting day for those of us working in planning yesterday, as the new government released more details of their plans to increase housing delivery. Short potted overview here: https://lnkd.in/eaVY-_6U In summary: 🏚 Return of mandatory minimum delivery targets in local plans 🏚 Changes to the method of calculating housing delivery targets 🏚 In the main the above results in significant increased targets for most LPAs 🏚 Development in poor quality/brownfield land in the green belt, so called 'grey belt' land I think we are seeing the greatest shake up of the planning system for a very long time... There are glimmers of hope that we could finally reach the magic 300k new homes per year target. More to come on this over the coming weeks. Now is certainly a good time to think about promoting land! #GetBritainBuilding #Planning #Development #Housing #Berrys