Rayner’s ‘new homes accelerator’ is the right kind of big thinking to speed up housing delivery

By Simon Rawlinson2024-09-04T06:00:00

The government’s new homes accelerator highlights how pragmatic action is needed to kickstart housing delivery. It looks like an excellent initiative that should tackle an intractable problem, says Simon Rawlinson of Arcadis

No reader needs to be told that housing supply is one of the UK’s greatest challenges. Our industry clearly sees the need for the government to prioritise housing delivery, even if the target of 1.5 million homes looks a daunting one.

With the consultation on the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) closing soon and a new planning bill waiting in the wings, housing policy development will shortly move from the early phase of lightning-strike announcements to the attrition of draft legislation and parliamentary scrutiny.

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