Housebuilders urge planning reform as government reveals new homes schemes

By Hamish Champ2019-02-19T06:00:00

Potential of sites will held back until ministers grasp the nettle, say trade groups

Housebuilders have warned the government its ambitions for new housing developments will be thwarted unless ministers take “serious steps” towards reforming the planning system.

Last week the government announced a £250m package to build around 25,000 new homes on several sites, including former MoD facilities and the 2012 Olympic Games site in east London, as well as backing a series of road improvement schemes in Cumbria and the south west.

The National Federation of Builders said while it commended the government for investing directly in land, infrastructure and housing to unlock residential development, it believed many sites would remain locked unless ministers “took more serious steps toward planning reform”.

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