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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

𝐋𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 (𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝟓𝟎𝟎 𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐬) 𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝟑𝟖% 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐊. With Labour's plans to build new towns, this proportion could rise. However, new research has highlighted the challenges these developments face. Bigger projects come with more paperwork. For example, 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧; 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝟓𝟎𝟎 𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐚𝐭 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝟖. This increase in paperwork creates huge delays, 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐚𝐢𝐭 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐚 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞. If new towns are to fix the housing crisis, planning reform must come first. #PlanningReforming #PlanningPermission #Housing #NewTowns

From @chroniclelive - the challenges of #planning and meeting the infrastructure needs of new #housing developments: https://lnkd.in/eDhQcqx7

A big moment for Wellington City. Yesterday the Council made their decisions on the direction of the Proposed District Plan. This is a relief to finally have some certainty on how can progress potential projects in our city. Whilst there are plenty of opinions around how this should have landed, the reality is it will be a long time before we see any noticeable change in built form scale that has been the key subject of debate. There are many challenges in the development and construction space that will take time to adapt to what will now be facilitated. The good news is that we will have certainty that a mechanism will be in place that supports modern models of housing form and needs and utlimately we can make market led decisions on solutions.

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

AS housing demand continues to increase, works are moving apace at Bath Housing Scheme in Region Five, to ensure all allottees have access to the necessary infrastructure. https://lnkd.in/ey5gnqKz

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘪𝘨𝘨𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘯𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘥 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘷𝘦 𝘝𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘢'𝘴 #housingcrisis? The Victorian Government is set to announce the new work program for the Victorian Planning Authority (VPA) which will eventually lead to new a swathe of new #greenfield land releases. ✅This is big win, and something UDIA Victoria and developers industry has called for over an extended period. 🗺️The precursor to releasing greenfield land is a planning device known as a 𝘗𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘵 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘯 (#PSP). Areas with the Urban Growth Zone of Melbourne, even if identified for development, cannot actually be developed without an approved PSP in place - a job the VPA is responsible for. Over the last four years 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝗻𝗲, 𝘀𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘆 PSP has been finalised, with the VPA refocusing its work on activity centres around Melbourne instead. The Minister for Planning has also sat on and not approved several PSPs for an extended period. ⌛Today's announcement likely only really makes up for lost time, if that. (Meanwhile, I can imagine the purists at the Department of Transport and Planning wincing at the idea that the politics of housing supply are overriding their utopian ideal that people should only grow "up not out" and live in medium-rise activity centres in established Melbourne.) 👍This is a very positive move, but it's too early to celebrate on the land release side. The PSP is a critical step in the journey of delivering new housing, but developers still need planning permits, infrastructure agreements (and delivery) and swathes of other approvals which mean PSPs that are approved soon will still take 3+ years from completion to get moving. And that assumes the various external authorities are put on notice to actually deliver their end of the bargain. 💰The other sleeper issue is 𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗯𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀. Given yesterday's messaging about developers covering all infrastructure costs, and the (incorrect) perception that greenfields cost more than established areas to develop, expect Infrastructure Contribution Plans for these areas, plus design, density and affordable housing requirements, to be so eyewateringly high that new areas will be prevented from being feasible for a long time. Look at the recent Creamery Road ICP of $1.6m/ha for example. 𝗪𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗲. So we now have: • Activity centre apartments (which are mostly not-feasible) • Greenfield releases (which will be made too expensive) 🤔The obvious gap that remains is unlocking larger land parcels in middle-ring suburbs for townhouse development. You know, just the most feasible, most desirable for consumers and least costly development for government. #housingsupply #housingreform #planningreform #announcementweek Carly Douglas Shannon Deery

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

What will happens after upcoming SYD land rezoning. 1. Dual Occupancies Duplexes allowed in all R2 zones across NSW. 2. Terraces/Townhouses Permitted near train stations and key centres in R2 zones in Greater Sydney and Six Cities Region. 3. Mid-rise Apartments Allowed in R3 zones near key centres. 4. New Controls: New floor space and height rules for low- and mid-rise housing. 5.Transport Oriented Development (TOD) (1) Rezoning within 1,200m of transport hubs by Nov 2024 to build 47,800 homes. - Areas: Bankstown, Bays West, Bella Vista, Crows Nest, Homebush, Hornsby, Kellyville, Macquarie Park. (2) New controls within 400m of 37 train stations, finalising by specific dates in 2024-2025. New SEPP Plans 1. Residential Buildings Allowed in R1, R2, R3, R4, E1 zones. 2.Shop-top Housing Allowed in E1 and E2 zones. - **Height/FSR**: 22m for residential, 24m for shop-top, FSR max 2.5:1. 3. Affordable Housing: 2% mandatory contribution for developments over 2000sqm. Impact Areas Rezoning affects wider areas around primary suburbs, e.g., Crows Nest impacting Naremburn, Cammeray, St Leonards, Wollstonecraft, North Sydney. **Advice for Buyers:** 1. Check impact using NSW Planning Spatial Viewer. 2. Thoroughly research before buying in affected zones. 3. Potential for increased value or negative impact based on new zoning. #rezoning #Sydney #property #mortgage #mortgagebroker #homeloan