{"id":12492,"date":"2018-03-01T16:15:31","date_gmt":"2018-03-01T16:15:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.buyassociation.co.uk\/?p=12492"},"modified":"2018-03-01T16:15:31","modified_gmt":"2018-03-01T16:15:31","slug":"red-light-planning-applications-red-light-new-builds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-au\/news\/red-light-planning-applications-red-light-new-builds\/","title":{"rendered":"Red tape on planning applications means red light for new-builds"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last week it was reported that the backlog of more than 423,000 homes, which had been granted planning permission but have yet to be built, had risen by 16% compared with 2015\/2016.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Despite a chronic shortage of new homes, developers across the UK appear to be lagging in their ability to start construction once planning has been granted<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The latest data, revealed in research by construction industry<\/a> firm Glenigan and commissioned by the Local Government Association (LGA), highlights that the current system needs to be changed to enable building works to begin within a shorter timeframe by bestowing enhanced powers<\/a> on the 370 local councils across England and Wales.<\/p>\n

Local councils restricted by current regulations<\/h4>\n

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\nLGA said: “Our most recent findings highlight that wider control should be given to all councils to allow more compulsory land acquisition<\/a> and permit them to approve construction on sites that have obtained planning permission where house building has not begun.<\/p>\n

“In addition, in the case of planning permission expiring before a new development<\/a> has been completed, that councils in the event of planning should have the right to levy a charge to developers for the full rate of council tax<\/a> to act as an incentive to speed up the construction process.”<\/p>\n

Whilst the current level of council approved planning applications is running at a ratio of nine out of 10, presently they lack the ability to intervene to prevent sites nationwide standing empty and ensure that developers are made to commit to a reasonable timescale resulting in residential developments keeping up with the escalating demand<\/a> for new-build housing across the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Last week it was reported that the backlog of more than 423,000 homes, which had been granted planning permission but have yet to be built, had risen by 16% compared with 2015\/2016. Despite a chronic shortage of new homes, developers across the UK appear to be lagging in their ability to start construction once planning… Read more »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":217,"featured_media":12500,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[72,341,328],"class_list":["post-12492","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uk-housing-market","tag-housebuilding","tag-newsletter","tag-planning-permission"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12492","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/217"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12492"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12492\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12500"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12492"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}