Angela Rayner unveils ‘New Homes Accelerator’ to speed up stalled housing projects

Angela Rayner unveils ‘New Homes Accelerator’ to speed up stalled housing projects

0:03 AM, 30th August 2024, About 2 months ago 8

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The UK government has launched an initiative aimed at accelerating the delivery of stalled housing projects across the country – the New Homes Accelerator.

The move has been announced by Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner and it will bring together government agencies, local planning departments and housebuilders to identify and address planning blockages that are hindering the construction of new homes.

Early analysis suggests that there are around 200 large-scale housing sites in England that could potentially deliver up to 300,000 new homes.

The New Homes Accelerator will focus on these sites, working to resolve specific local issues and speed up planning decisions.

Delivery of building ‘held back by failure’

Ms Rayner said: “For far too long the delivery of tens of thousands of new homes has been held back by a failure to make sure the development system is working as it should.

“This government has a moral obligation to do everything within our power to build the homes that people desperately need, and we won’t hesitate to intervene where we need to.”

She adds: “Our New Homes Accelerator will quickly identify blockages, fix problems and support local authorities and developers to get shovels in the ground.”

Ensuring that affordable housing is delivered

Interventions could include providing resources to support local planning capacity, streamlining planning processes and ensuring that affordable housing is delivered where relevant.

The government believes that by addressing these barriers, they can help to end the housing crisis and drive economic growth.

The New Homes Accelerator will also work with local authorities and developers to accelerate specific housing projects, such as Stretton Hall in Leicestershire and Tendring Colchester Borders Garden Community in Essex.

These sites have the potential to unlock more than 10,000 new homes when completed.

Significant constraint on house building

David O’Leary, the executive director of the Home Builders Federation, said: “The planning process and everything associated with it delivers too little land and has long been a significant constraint on house building.

“Government has shown a welcome desire in the weeks since the election to address the problems.

“A lack of planning department capacity and misaligned incentives for other public bodies and statutory consultees has created a process with huge uncertainty.”

He added: “Adopting a pragmatic approach to planning will increase the pace at which new homes are built and help to turn around ailing housing supply.”

The New Homes Accelerator is part of the government’s wider plans to turbocharge housebuilding and improve the planning system.

This includes the recently announced Planning and Infrastructure Bill, which will introduce new mandatory housing targets for councils and bolster local resources with additional planning officers.


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Barbaracus

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7:35 AM, 30th August 2024, About 2 months ago

More waffle from Angela Rayner.
Thought you were going to abolish section 21 on day one Angela?
Day 56 and nothing.
Maybe things are more difficult and complicated than you thought?
Anyone can sit in opposition and make stuff up/criticise. Actually implementing things is a different matter.

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9:09 AM, 30th August 2024, About 2 months ago

Reply to the comment left by Barbaracus at 30/08/2024 - 07:35
Rayner is clearly out of her depth. Scary, isn’t it?

Labour’s massive majority has given them the confidence and freedom to wield their incompetent axe on middle England.

With no credible immigration policy, how do Labour know how many more homes are needed?

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10:38 AM, 30th August 2024, About 2 months ago

Kemi Badenoch tells Angela Raynor she's been stitched up. A very amusing speech - and dont we need some amusement?!
https://youtu.be/JPU08mdN75c?si=z7IMV2BtZP4omRM1

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10:59 AM, 30th August 2024, About 2 months ago

Reply to the comment left by JB at 30/08/2024 - 10:38
I hadn't seen it but I watched it and it was very funny indeed. It was also interesting to hear a minister who grew up in Nigeria actually say that immigration fuels demand for housing.

Regardless of anybody's views on that, the bottom line is that you can't build 1.5 million homes without investment and if you attack the investors it just won't happen because the government hasn't got the money to do it, especially if they start their parliament by dolling out above inflation pay increases to the unions.

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11:24 AM, 30th August 2024, About 2 months ago

£££££'s and boots on the ground are required to build anything.
UK Plc is broke, devoid of skills and led by a team of Marxist dreamers.

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13:02 PM, 30th August 2024, About 2 months ago

Reply to the comment left by Reluctant Landlord at 30/08/2024 - 11:24
The case that Kemi Badenoch makes in her very funny speech is that many of the constituencies that were conservative that are now labour are full of people who are concerned about the loss of green space in their constituencies and the impact of building houses without the necessary infrastructure. Kemi Badenoch doesn't say so (as she just refers to the lib dems as nimbys) but some of the constituencies/councils that were lost to the liberal democrats were lost because of concerns about building on green spaces.

Kemi Badenoch says that labour won't manage to build 1.5 million new homes. Of course they won't if they attack the investors who might be able to finance them; regardless of whether the housing developments can make it through planning, somebody has to be able to pay for them or the developers can't build.

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20:25 PM, 30th August 2024, About 2 months ago

Reply to the comment left by Beaver at 30/08/2024 - 13:02
A lot of constituencies went to the Lib Dems due to tactical voting rather than nimbyism, Labours targets won't get reached because mortgage rates are too high, and builders want high priced houses to increase their profits.

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10:47 AM, 2nd September 2024, About 2 months ago

Reply to the comment left by Mike Thomas at 30/08/2024 - 20:25
I think that's partly true but I'm not sure that's what happened in the Amersham by-election. I agree that labours targets won't get reached because somebody needs to be able to finance both their build (by financing the developer) and their sale (by financing the ultimate purchaser) and developers need enough high-priced houses to cover the costs of the build and make a profit. However, I think that there will be many liberal democrat constituencies where the constituents will expect their liberal democrat MP to defend the fields and trees near them from being concreted and bricked over.

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