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Housing need consultation: 9 things you need to know
Nine things you need to know about this week's consultation on housing need, including an 'ambition' to publish a revised National Planning Policy Framework by Spring 2018, proposals to strengthen cross-boundary planning, changes intended to streamline viability assessments and plans to make section 106 agreements more transparent.
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Latest standardised housing need news
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MHCLG confirms that proposed new standard housing need method will be 'rebalanced' to focus on urban areas
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POS warns over white paper's proposed 'algorithm' approach to setting council housing targets
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Revised standard method 'could mean no more Tory-run councils in South East', warns authority leader
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Housing need changes ‘must be driven by affordability’, minister says
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'More work to be done' on formulating the new standard housing need method, Jenrick says
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Covid-19 and standard method changes prompt council to halt local plan work
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Revised standard housing need method will 'increase development pressures in national parks'
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Government's housing need changes would be ‘undeliverable’ for London, mayor Khan says
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Housing need changes will mean developers 'gobbling up our countryside' says CPRE
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New standard method would see 'large reductions' in housing requirements in the North, developers and consultants warn
Latest standardised housing need analysis
Data blog: How much of a threat does the standard method for assessing need pose to the green belt?
The publication earlier this month of the details of the government's proposed standard methodology for assessing housing need immediately prompted warnings that the formula would lead to the loss of land from the green belt.
Data blog: Why standard housing need method means plan-makers are in for a bumpy ride
The government's proposed approach to assessing housing need means that the outputs of its proposed formula could change dramatically during the preparation of a local plan, an analysis by Planning indicates.
Mapped: How consultation formula would affect local assessments of housing need
Click through to view an interactive map showing how the outputs of the government's proposed standard methodology for assessing housing need would differ from current assessments of local need.
The implications of the proposed new standard housing need method
The housing ministry is set to introduce a revised standard housing need method. But commentators say areas in the Greater South East that would experience the biggest increase in housing need are likely to struggle to meet their much higher targets, while authorities in the north would still be subject to requirements that are too low.
Why the timetable for the new need assessment method is in doubt
The delay to the promised consultation draft of the National Planning Policy Framework has set back plans to introduce a standard method for local housing need assessments.
Three messages for ministers on standard method proposals
Responses to the government's proposed standard approach to assessing local housing need have welcomed the proposal as enabling a speedier process of plan preparation, but there are concerns that it fails to take account of aspirations for economic growth in parts of the country.
Latest Standardised Housing Need Comment
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Doubts remain about whether the Tories have the resolve to drive up delivery, by Richard Garlick
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New policies offer food for thought despite delay on housing model, by Bryan Johnston
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Letter: Minister was wrong to discredit research on the impact of his method for assessing housing need
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Letter: Why the government's proposed changes to the standard housing need method mean it may fail to hit its national delivery target
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