Northern Housing Consortium’s Post

🎙 Time to use your voice!   The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities has launched a consultation on strengthening planning policy for brownfield development.   They're seeking your input, and it's an opportunity for the industry to help shape the future of housing and land use.   💡 The proposal aims to prioritise brownfield development across England, and should help unlock more homes where they're needed most.   By streamlining the planning process and embracing urban development, we can tackle housing shortages while preserving our countryside and green spaces.   🥇📣 Let's seize this opportunity to shape a more sustainable, vibrant future for all. Share your thoughts, give your opinion, use your voice, and let's make our voices heard.   #BrownfieldDevelopment #Housing #NewHomes #GovernmentConsultation #NewBuildHomes

Hot off the press: "Turbo charging #brownfields to build much needed homes" As part of long-term plan for #ukhousing, the #ukgovernment has announced today that every #localauthorities in #England will be told that they will need to prioritise brownfield #developments and instructed to be less bureaucratic and more flexible in applying policies that halt #housebuilding on #brownfield land.  #Planning authorities in England’s 20 largest cities and towns will be made to follow a “brownfield presumption” if #housebuilding drops below expected level. This is expected to unlock up to 11,500 additional new homes per year in London alone. The #consultation will run until 26 March. https://lnkd.in/eRrgDvpW Sounds good so far. We are at ZED PODS Limited have been designing and building several #zerocarbon #socialhousing schemes unlocking these difficult-to-build sites for #sustainabledevelopment #affordablehousing for #publicsector

Great of Inside Housing to publish this comment article on Northern Housing Consortium research out today on brownfield housing funding and how we can make it work through genuine devolution: https://lnkd.in/e4XNfAjq

Brownfield land is an important part of the UK’s housebuilding programme. The CPRE’s 2022 ‘State of Brownfield Report’ shows that the availability of previously developed land continues to grow across England. More than 1.2 million homes could now be built on 23,000 sites which cover more than 27,000 hectares of brownfield. In 2023, the UK Government released a further £60m capital grant funding via the second phase of the Brownfield Land Release Fund (BLRF2), a cross-government initiative between the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) and One Public Estate (OPE) which is delivered in partnership by the Local Government Association and the Cabinet Office. Click the link to learn more about funding for brownfield development and the challenges around the creation of clean water supplies on brownfield sites https://bit.ly/3QNsqxQ #brownfield #water #pipe #utilities #housebuilding

Great comment from the Northern Housing Consortium on the use brownfield sites for affordable #newbuild housing. There is no doubt that the development of brownfield will bring many benefits however, the sites are "brown" for a reason and therefore #affordable housing developers need access to genuinely open sources of funding to de-risk brownfield sites that are open to all affordable housing developers. Let's hope we see the potential of brownfield sites unlocked with smart, intelligent funding programmes where additional support can be channelled into making brownfield sites viable so that we can bring forward high quality affordable housing and turn those urban wastelands into thriving communities. Efficiency North EN:Procure EN:Able Build Limited #wemakeithappentogether

Walton COO Kate Kaminski will be speaking at the John Burns Research and Consulting 2024 Conference on "Helping the Housing Industry Grow: Land, Development Financing, and How the Industry's Needs are Shifting vs. Prior Cycles." See below for more information! #Walton #WaltonGlobal #Land #Development #USHousingMarket

Remediating brownfield sites attracts jobs, promotes economic revitalization, and transforms communities into sustainable and environmentally just places where Michiganders can live and grow. The Village at Grand Traverse Commons is an example of the power of state and local partnerships and why these investments matter. Once an abandoned hospital site, the Village at Traverse City Commons is now a vibrant community with housing, shops, restaurants and trails. A $3 million investment from EGLE’s Brownfield Redevelopment program helped turn this site into a thriving space, supporting nearly 600 jobs!   Since 2019, EGLE has provided more than $151 million in brownfield grants, loans and incentives to 359 sites across 50 communities, supporting over 19,229 jobs and $7.3 billion in private investments. We are excited to continue this work across our great state, making sure every community with contaminated properties can experience the benefits of these transformative investments. #MIBrownfields https://lnkd.in/gnH_j8fQ

Did you know that the average time for development permit approval in Lethbridge in 2023 was six days? This is among the quickest turnaround time of municipalities in Alberta. Read more in this Our Stories: https://bit.ly/3uwfLah

Consultation by Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities launched today #POS #Planning #Brownfield #development closes 26 March consultation includes; 1) Changes to national planning policy to give significant weight to the benefits of delivering as many homes as possible and take a flexible approach in applying planning policies or guidance relating to the internal layout of development. 2) Changes to the way the Housing Delivery Test operates in the 20 towns and cities subject to the uplift in the standard method. This would introduce an additional presumption trigger where their Housing Delivery Test score falls below 95%. In these circumstances the presumption in favour of sustainable development would apply to applications on previously developed land. 3) Reviewing the threshold for referral of applications to the Mayor of London https://lnkd.in/exn4eB74

As reported in The Times, consultation papers + more PD housing rights from Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities on driving up/ through more housing in Permitted Development Rights and on #Brownfield. Should delivering more quantity outweigh housing quality, quality of living and #publichealth? 1️⃣ Strengthening planning policy for brownfield development. Don’t let the document title confuse you. The proposals for brownfield applies nationwide not just London. Deadline 26 March. https://lnkd.in/eXp7wdDK - proposed strengthening of NPPF policy wording to require LPA flexibility in applying 'internal layout of development' policies for housing proposals on brownfield. 2️⃣ Changes to various permitted development rights: consultation. Deadline 9 April. https://lnkd.in/eCA6PTNY - proposals for building more upward extensions, demolition then rebuild PD with a wider developable footprint, and other EV-related developments. 3️⃣ Legislation will be laid in Parliament to extend current Permitted Development Rights, so that commercial buildings of any size will have the freedom to be converted into new homes – this means shops, offices, and other buildings. (https://lnkd.in/ermNG5Gz) - there is currently a NIHR (National Institute for Health and Care Research) research to better understand health impacts from PD housing led by Ben Clifford Helen Pineo. #planningreform #pdhousing -