{"id":3010,"date":"2017-07-06T16:30:25","date_gmt":"2017-07-06T15:30:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.buyassociation.co.uk\/?p=3010"},"modified":"2017-07-06T16:30:25","modified_gmt":"2017-07-06T15:30:25","slug":"rural-land-owners-want-build-homes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/2017\/07\/06\/rural-land-owners-want-build-homes\/","title":{"rendered":"Rural land owners want to build more homes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>More than 60% of land owners would build more homes to rent and buy if they had more confidence in the processes of local councils, a new study states.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Country Landowners Association (CLA), which represents land owners, farmers and rural businesses, put together the study and found that 50% of their members feel like there\u2019s a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/2017\/05\/16\/not-enough-rural-estates-uk\/\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">housing crisis<\/a> happening in their own community.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"VYIfvM0tlh\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/2017\/06\/14\/britains-top-holiday-destination-2017-britain\/\">Britain\u2019s top holiday destination for 2017? Britain!<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Britain\u2019s top holiday destination for 2017? Britain!&#8221; &#8212; BuyAssociation Group\" src=\"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/2017\/06\/14\/britains-top-holiday-destination-2017-britain\/embed\/#?secret=ChSksI9t9I#?secret=VYIfvM0tlh\" data-secret=\"VYIfvM0tlh\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The reason that keeps them from building more homes is a complex <a href=\"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/2018\/04\/20\/government-allows-more-agricultural-conversions-for-new-rural-homes\/\">planning system<\/a> that is felt to be too risky and inflexible.<\/p>\n<p>More than 20% of CLA members have made plans to develop another property or two over the next five years. However, 63% also stated that they were willing to build more homes if the local council gave them better support when it comes to the planning process.<\/p>\n<p>The organisation came to the conclusion that giving smaller, private developers more certainty and better support could help in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/2017\/04\/20\/build-rent-developers-investors-make-three-year-tenancies-norm\/\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">ending the shortage of homes available for everyone<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Ross Murray, CLA president, commented the findings:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThe rural housing challenge we face is to deliver a range of much needed homes which will reinvigorate our rural areas across England and Wales and help to build a stronger, more sustainable countryside.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cOver six million people live in our rural communities. Planning policy must be more positive about the socio-economic benefits that development can bring about, and should focus more on what development is needed to ensure <a href=\"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/2017\/02\/13\/property-investment-qa-5-spot-coming-property-hotspot\/\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">these areas thrive in the future<\/a>, rather than attempting to restrict settlement growth,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"MmwDIi25fi\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/2017\/05\/18\/5-surprising-factors-impact-house-prices\/\">5 Surprising Factors that Impact House Prices<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;5 Surprising Factors that Impact House Prices&#8221; &#8212; BuyAssociation Group\" src=\"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/2017\/05\/18\/5-surprising-factors-impact-house-prices\/embed\/#?secret=9Le0CI2xGH#?secret=MmwDIi25fi\" data-secret=\"MmwDIi25fi\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>A stronger growth rate across smaller towns and villages could make a huge difference to the country\u2019s housing shortage. The study found that 25% of CLA members want to build affordable homes and 40% are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/2017\/05\/25\/renting-thought-something-positive\/\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">hoping to build homes to rent<\/a>, which means it\u2019s obvious that rural land owners have the capacity to help, they\u2019re just missing the support to make it happen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWithout a mix of homes for people who want to live and work in the countryside, rural areas are at risk of becoming only the preserve of commuters, the retired and holiday homes,\u201d Murray added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More than 60% of land owners would build more homes to rent and buy if they had more confidence in the processes of local councils, a new study states. 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