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Workshop – Involvement and building safety, repairs and assets 4.3.21
Thanks to efficiency north for facilitating this importance conference in the light of the Social Housing White Paper and the Building Safety Regulator Efficiency…
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Spending Review 2020 – housing organisation highlights
The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak, announced a raft of housing policies in the Spending Review on Wednesday 25 November. Perhaps most eye-catching…
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Changes to Planning are afoot
The government has published “Planning for the Future”, a white paper to reform planning. MHCLG-Planning-Consultation A number of discussions are bring had within housing…
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Planning Reform
These some really helpful information guides as it prepared its response to the Planning white paper. Thanks to the CIH for the easy read…
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Section 106 advice – affordable homes under threat as contractors return to work
The latest advice suggests planning authorities consider allowing small and medium-sized (SME) developers to defer Section 106 and Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) obligations in a bid…
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Construction site hours – activity extended under CV19
Construction sites in England will be allowed to extend working hours until 9pm in residential areas and beyond that on other sites as part…
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The Housing Budget 2020 – round up
There are a number of articles of note out there. here is a summary for those wishing to scan the news: This is a…
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Understanding Local Housing Markets
We just came across this publication from the LGA in June. Local authorities have a range of duties and wider interests in ensuring the…
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Attitudes to housing in Wales
This might help anyone thinking about survey questions in this matter: CIH Cymru public perceptions report FINAL …
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Community building
Here is a useful document from the experience of 18 community building projects: Ebook – 2019 Community Predictions…