UK:
Abolition of Regional Housing Targets
08 August 2010
Withers LLP
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Regional housing targets will no longer exist when regional
spatial strategies are abolished. However, the Planning
Inspectorate has stated that until they are actually abolished,
regional spatial strategies remain applicable and local planning
authorities are still required to demonstrate a five-year supply of
housing land.
The Government believes that its policy will boost the supply of
new homes and provide a welcome alternative to Labour's
previous system of regional housing targets. But there are fears
that the shift in responsibility to the local level will result in
a severe shortage of new homes because historically, local
projections of the number of homes required have been significantly
lower.
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