Parts of England will need to build 21 times more homes than Labour’s ‘bulldozer blitz’.
A breakdown of the new targets reveals the scale of the demands being placed on local authorities, with London and the south east being the hardest hit.
Kensington & Chelsea receives orders to build 5,107 homes a year, but over the past few years an average of just 236 homes have been built.
Richmond upon Thames has been generating electricity from 154 units a year, but will now need to increase its capacity by 16 times to 2,513 units.
In Bromley, we need to achieve 13 times the number of homes we have managed so far, which is 229, and in Portsmouth, Gosport and the New Forest, we need to increase the number of homes by eight times.
Angela Rayner and Keir Starmer were yesterday accused of waging a “war on rural England” as they unveiled the biggest overhaul of planning rules in a generation.
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Angela Rayner and Keir Starmer were yesterday accused of waging a “war on rural England” as they announced the biggest overhaul of planning rules in a generation.
Stock images of New Forest expected to see the biggest increase in house construction
Gosport’s marina is also included in the list of places where housing construction most needs to be strengthened
The Conservatives have warned that even if they meet their overall target of building 1.5 million homes over the next five years, the Prime Minister’s bumper crop of housebuilding will hardly keep pace with rising immigration.
The blueprint includes new demands for hundreds more developments in the home counties, while draft targets for the north published in July have been revised downwards.
Lawmakers and campaigners say the bill would pave the way for parts of the Green Belt to be concreted in, requiring Congress to reclassify thousands of acres of land as “grey belt” sites for construction. insisted.
Other protections have also been weakened, with the pledge to ‘protect the countryside from invasion’ now being withdrawn.
Councils that fail to submit detailed plans to meet the tough targets could face pressure on developments from Whitehall, with some councils facing demands for a 2,000 per cent increase in building capacity.
Two-thirds of councilors have yet to submit a new plan and their properties are now being sold as officials seek to meet Labour’s new target of building at least 1.5 million homes in the council. There are fears that the area will be inundated with speculative planning applications from developers who hope it will be trampled over.
Local governments have just three months to submit new plans to the government, although they can take years to develop.
Sir Keir visited a construction site in Cambridgeshire with Mr Rayner yesterday and said he would prioritize “people wanting to own a home” over the environment.
“The starting point is local planning and it is vital that councils develop plans according to their objectives, taking into account local needs and working with developers,” the Prime Minister said.
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“But if that plan doesn’t work out, are you going to push through with it?” Yes, definitely.
“Are we going to push aside planning rules, give them more clarity and remove the obstacles that prevent housebuilding, as we have done today?” Yes, we absolutely intend to do that.
“For years, not enough housing has been built, and that means individuals and families don’t have the security they want.
“We are determined to break through and do what is necessary.
“Of course we want to maintain a proper balance with nature and the environment, but if humans want to have a home for themselves and their families, that has to be a top priority. No.”