Dire statements from the #OBR head this morning.
Said #housebuilding stagnation is due to #planning restrictions and we should build on #GreenBelt.
No mention of the 1 million plus unbuilt homes for which developers have permission.
Swallowed #DeveloperLobby propaganda.
See https://www.communityplanningalliance.org/uploads/1/3/9/4/139430416/241211_homes_for_everyone_finaldec24_cpa.pdf last section.
And https://www.cpre.org.uk/news/our-response-to-the-new-planning-and-infrastructure-bill/
#DeveloperLobby
Dead hand of the #DeveloperLobby
Solar panels for new homes may just be optional after pressure on Labour from housebuilders | Solar power | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/oct/23/labour-considering-weaker-rules-on-solar-panels-for-new-homes-in-england
“It will be the skyline of the city”: Five massive towers, 2,388 flats…but not one is affordable - Manchester Evening News
https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/it-skyline-city-five-massive-29833706?utm_source=men_newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=auto_politics_newsletter&utm_content=&utm_term=&ruid=ac1cde6a-c79a-4590-ae2f-e240b41574b7
#DeveloperLobby #Planning #UrbanDystopia
The "Growth Group".
Alternative name, "The Brickhead Group", let us know if you come up with a better one.
https://labourlist.org/2024/07/labour-growth-group-faction-planning-reform-housebuilding/
Also https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labour_Growth_Group
More on the "Growth Group".
Alternative name, "The Brickhead Group", let us know if you come up with a better one.
https://labourlist.org/2024/07/labour-growth-group-faction-planning-reform-housebuilding/
Also https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labour_Growth_Group
Robert Peston, in one of his more lucid moments, put his finger on this on Thursday night.
It's Labour's wager to boost GDP, by allowing developers to seal and build on more green spaces, facilitating a building boom for a quick return.
A kind of 'Concrete Keynesianism' running amok.
The problem is that Labour MPs representing seats whose green spaces will be under threat will come under citizen pressure.
#ConcreteKeynesianism
#DeveloperLobby
#ukLabour
#Starmer
#Environment
#GreenBelt
The destruction of an ancient Australian forest by a housing developer has sparked global outrage, with renowned conservationist Dr. Jane Goodall calling it "simply unacceptable". Lee Point, harboring endangered species and trees dating back over 400 years, has been protected by Darwin's Indigenous community for millennia. Despite this, a government-owned company began bulldozing it last week for a luxury housing project. #SaveOurForests #EnvironmentalCrisis #deforestation #developers #developerlobby
A government-supported deal to let #MascotTowers owners walk away from their losses is also expected to return vastly less than the original purchase price.#wtf #ausproperty #scam #ponzischeme #developers #developerlobby
Nightmare continues for Australia's doomed tower residents #developers #nswpol #developerlobby #propertylobby
Families and young people becoming the face of Queensland’s #homelessness #crisis #BetterNotBigger #developerlobby
#GreaterManchester
Our guide to the important 'Places for Everyone' Modifications Consultation.
GM's Joint Development Plan.
Closing date next Wed 6 Dec.
https://steadystatemanchester.net/2023/11/19/responding-to-the-places-for-everyone-modifications-consultation/
Please share as time is short.
#Planning #DeveloperLobby #Nature #Climate #Bioregion #CityRegion #GMCA #GreenBelt #Carbon
Excellent review busting myths about the housing crisis.
Why the build build build of the #DeveloperLobby is not the solution, despite the needs for more social housing.
Unpacking the housing crisis
https://northwestbylines.co.uk/politics/economy/unpacking-the-housing-crisis/
There are three things you can do to help halt or correct #GreaterManchester's damaging #PlacesForEverything plan.
1) Sign the petition.
2) Help raise funding for a legal challenge.
3) Respond to the imminent #consultation on modifications to the plan.
For background and links see http://savegmgreenbelt.org.uk/triple-challenge-for-sgmgb/
As has been explained many times: it's the developers who are the 'blockers'.
FactCheck: England’s million missing homes – Channel 4 News
https://www.channel4.com/news/factcheck/factcheck-englands-million-missing-homes
Developer lobby got a concession with Gove's deadly water pollution decision. But they want more
NB they have NOTHING to offer for the housing crisis."
"Repeal of water pollution rules won’t solve England’s housing crisis, say developers | Michael Gove | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/aug/29/repeal-of-water-pollution-rules-wont-solve-englands-housing-crisis-say-developers
#HousingCrisis #DeveloperLobby #Gove #UKPlannning
Among other things we take issue with the developers' contention that brownfields first means homelessness. Spurious rubbish and you'd think a KC would know better than to argue such twaddle.
And here's a review of a book that exposes developer culpability in the actual creation of homelessness.
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2020/apr/30/fatcat-developers-created-our-housing-crisis-heres-how-to-stop-them
#GreaterManchester #Planning #Homelessness #DeveloperLobby
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