16 THE SOCIAL NETWORK
PatrickMooney, news editor at Housing,Management & Maintenance
OUR RURAL COMMUNITIES ARE MISSING OUT
PatrickMooney, housing consultant and news editor of Housing,Management &Maintenance says that rural schemes are being builtwithout vital infrastructure in the current rash of permitted development conversions.
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n trying to inch its way towards achieving the near mythical figure of 300,000 new homes built in a year, the Government is
risking the sustainability of small, rural communities by allowing countryside develop- ments to proceed without any contributions being made to local services or facilities. The fear is that villages and small market
towns in the shires will miss out on receiving a boost to their already overstretched infra- structure, causing them to be overwhelmed by demands on health, leisure and educational resources from new residents. This stark warning is laid out in a critical
report from the Local Government Association, which accuses the Whitehall Government of riding roughshod over the views and needs of local residents.With a new Planning Bill
expected to be published later in the autumn, the LGA, which represents councils in England, has highlighted that recent changes to planning laws have already had a hugely detri- mental effect. At the last election the Government set itself
a target of achieving 300,000 new homes to be built in a year by the mid 2020s, but with current rates only delivering 225,000 new homes and the achievement date slipping to 2028 or later, there are fears that Ministers will be tempted to further diminish the influence of local residents. This is at odds with research from the LGA
which found eight in 10 residents want to be able to have their say on all new homes built in their local community. Concerns remain about the quality, design and safety of new
ASWELL AS WORKINGTO INCREASE THE AVAILABILITY OFNEW HOMES,THE GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO FOCUSMORE OF ITS EFFORTSON AFFORDABILITY
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