INDUSTRY NEWS 5


Chancellor signals autumn planning relaxations to drive


housebuilding


Industry reacts to Truss appointment as PM


success of the new administration on planning reform Truss has pledged to cut red tape to get homes built faster, but this has been promised by her predeces sors without any real success. crapping ‘nutrient neutrality’ environmental regulations will only go so far to help. There’s not enough disused brownfi eld land for the amount of new homes reuired to meet demand, so building on a small proportion of the green belt is needed, but no previous onservative  has demonstrated an appetite to do this.


n his fi rst ‘miniudget’ as hancellor of the Echeuer, wasi warteng announced that in order to drive the supply of housing in the , the overnment would bring forward local nvestment ones across the , with more liberal planning regimes and lower taes for businesses.


warteng’s annnouncement was centred around ta cuts, including a removal of tamp uty for fi rst time buyers, on homes worth up to ,, and a cancellation of a planned rise in orporation Ta. warteng commented that in order to increase housing supply and enable forthcoming planning reforms, the overnment would increase the disposal of surplus government land. e said that the planning reforms, to be announced later this year, would streamline planning regulations and make securing planning permission easier. warteng confi rmed that the government is in discussion with  local and mayoral combined authority areas in England including Tees alley, outh orkshire and est of England around the setting up of nvestment ones in specifi c sites. Each one will offer ta cuts for residential development, and liberalised planning rules in specifi ed agreed sites, releasing land and accelerating development. The hancellor eplained further n purchases of land and buildings for commercial or new residential development, there will be no stamp duty to pay whatsoever.


warteng added that the overall approach was that the overnment was getting out of the way to get ritain building.


i Truss has been formally appointed rime inister, becoming the fourth Tory  in si years. Truss faced an array of immediate challenges, in particular the cost of living crisis. The construction industry gave a mied response to her appointment at such a critical time for the . rian erry, chief eecutive of the


ederation of aster uilders , lamented that the  is fronting an unprecedented energy crisis with over  million households facing fuel poverty, and noted that Truss has a once in a life time opportunity to transform our eisting homes to help ensure everyone has a place they can afford to heat. erry continued  national retrofi t strategy also offers the opportunity to create thousands of new obs and deliver growth in every village, town, and city. The energy crisis needs a green revolu tion, but this reuires bold leadership, so ’m looking to i Truss to deliver. ocusing on planning’s role in industry output, imon o, managing director of alter ooper, said resolving the issues in planning needs to be one of the top items on the net ’s agenda, and that will mean making some unpopular decisions.


e added Truss now needs to shift her focus from pandering to the  masses and publicly turn away from previous statements made by other onservative s such as ichael ove, regarding the so called industry ‘cartel,’ or face alienating the housebuilding community entirely. owever, with a general election likely on the horion ’m doubtful these diffi cult choices will be put into action any time soon.


live ocwra, managing director of property and construction consultants cains, also had doubts on the likely


Simon Clarke is appointed as fourth Housing Secretary in 12 months


fter ust two months in the ob, reg lark has been replaced by Teeside  imon larke as ecretary of tate for evelling p, ousing and ommunities in new rime inister i Truss’ abinet. larke, , was previously hief ecretary to the Treasury, and won his seat in iddlesborough outh and East leveland from abour in  after the sitting  stood down. e is the fourth ousing ecretary in a year, and oversees a demanding brief including the wideranging ‘levelling up’ agenda. larke resigned from a previous post as inister for egional rowth and ocal overnment in a abinet reshuffl e in ebruary , citing personal reasons.


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