Planning changes to encourage new builds

cells

mwpt wrote: »

Seems to be just about upward extensions, and only if your neighbour already has a higher building, and only if your neighbour doesn'perm
Pity.

in some streets there are all two floor terrace homes with just one or two three floor homes (probably done pre planning permission days). They might get permission but other than those few rare instances its hard to see many being done.

Also its probably not going to be worthwhile if the foundations need improving to new building standards of deeper and thicker which will mean £50-100k just to get the foundations to meet regulations. Plus if the whole house needs to meet all regulations with this major work your probably going to be better off knockingdown the two story house and building a three story in iys pplace.

basically it sounds like no ones going to make use of it

cells

Large housing schemes will bypass the local planning system altogether, with approval given by ministers.

More significant is this.
IMO let any development of more than 100 homes go directly to the planning ministers desk without going through the councils who have mostly failed in their planning duties for 20 years

Mummyisbeauty

To be honest I wonder how much green and pleasant land the next generation will inherit.

mwpt

Mummyisbeauty wrote: »

To be honest I wonder how much green and pleasant land the next generation will inherit.

Quite a lot when they're living in their caravans on the fields because your eight properties are "worth" a bazillion quid.

Mummyisbeauty

mwpt wrote: »

Quite a lot when they're living in their caravans on the fields because your eight properties are "worth" a bazillion quid.

Not quite sure how that will happen as I have only one and unless it will selfpollenate and spit out bungalows it won't happen.

Doozergirl

Analysts can question if there is enough brownfield land to provide supply for 15 years, but it doesn't mean that brownfield should be ignored for development. It should absolutely be embraced.

As for moving powers to national government. Please do it to our council.

Our local authority is in special measures for large developments already after not deciding a high enough % in time. Developers can choose to go straight to the secretary of state.

Looks like the same will happen with small developments. Authorities have an eight week deadline to decide on applications - we've had one in for five weeks and they haven't even cashed the cheque, let alone assigned a planning officer to it. Shambles. Especially if the big guys are bypassing the planning office anyway.

How the head of planning keeps their job, I don't know.

Sabrina2000

michaels wrote: »

Has the world ended because Milton Keynes was built on some fields in Buckinghamshire?

A few more examples of MKeynes all over the place, thats what is needed to provide an abundance of affordable new homes over the next ten years. Looks likely too the way things are going.

Sabrina2000

cells wrote: »

in some streets there are all two floor terrace homes with just one or two three floor homes (probably done pre planning permission days). They might get permission but other than those few rare instances its hard to see many being done.

Also its probably not going to be worthwhile if the foundations need improving to new building standards of deeper and thicker which will mean £50-100k just to get the foundations to meet regulations. Plus if the whole house needs to meet all regulations with this major work your probably going to be better off knockingdown the two story house and building a three story in iys pplace.

basically it sounds like no ones going to make use of it

In North London it seems everywhere you look there is scafolding builders putting an extra floor somewhere, this is already before its got even easier.

What will it be like soon? There will be waiting lists to find builders able to fit people in?

ChiefGrasscutter

Rinoa wrote: »

Some green belt is beautiful and worth keeping. other green belt is just scrubland and building houses on it would actually improve its appearance.

Indeed - I agree
But the problem with releasing building in the green belt as everyone knows is that builders are not interested in building in the "scrublands": they want to build in the beautiful bits to maximise their profits.

stator

Typical Tory policy, faffing around the problem instead of dealing with it head on.
The private sector has never been able to build enough houses, and I don't think they want to.
The only way to build enough houses is to get councils to lead the way. Compulsory purchase the best suited land, develop the master plan and then sell off parcels of plots to anyone who wants to build them. Problem solved.