4 INDUSTRY NEWS
FROM THE EDITOR
James Parker
en ivingstone would be horrifi ed. A socialist icon who ousing ecretary Angela ayner no doubt looked up to in former years, was also famously a huge advocate of protecting the humble newt. owever ayner has turned her sights on the cute amphibians, rather than the s who may turn out to be a much bigger and tougher enemy in her battle to build . million homes across ngland over the net fi ve years.
As the magaine went to press, we awaited the overhaul of the ational lanning olicy ramework, and ayner gave a strong signal that some of the environmental guidelines around biodiversity may be sacrifi ced to build more homes.
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he said on ky ews recently e cant have a situation where a newt is more protected than people who desperately need housing.
he then backtracked a bit hat we need is a process which says protect the nature and wildlife but not at the epense of us building the houses we need. e can do both, she said. s that right an we really build . million homes over the duration of this arliament without a major freeingup of all manner of planning restraints, inclusion biodiversity provision ayner also said we can offset, so maybe the offsetting industry will where we will see the admittedly important biodiversity focus be in future, as opposed to supporting species on sites themselves.
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According to one projection by the entre for ities, based on the past years of housebuilding, abour will undershoot the . million homes target by at least , units. ven ir eir has already admitted it might be too ambitious.
Andrew arter, chief eecutive of entre for ities praised the boldness of the overnments ambition, but said parts of ngland would have to reach an year high in rates of building. e added, however y removing the discretionary element of the planning system, the would bring its planning system in line with most developed economies.
he entre recommended moving to a nondiscretionary onal planning approach instead, plus selected release of green belt, and an epanded role for the public sector including in obtaining sites and preparing brownfi eld.
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his chimes with ayners words – she says she will remove subjective reasons for blocking schemes – and if borne out, this is the real game changer.
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ousebuilding in general, and in particular eactly what can be achieved if you force local authorities to drive through ocal lans, is going to be a key political battleground for the net few years. uilders will be front and centre, trying to do the right thing by their customers while being battered by local objectors in their thousands across the country. hey have been here before, but not on this scale.
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