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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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Guildford seeks lower housing target and less green belt allocations in wake of new household data
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Five things you need to know about MHCLG's new consultation on changes to the standard housing need method
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No exception to using standard method for housing land supply calculations in appeals, proposes MHCLG
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Planners should ignore latest household projections when using standard method, MHCLG proposes
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Essex council demands swift government action to resolve standard method uncertainty
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Hampshire council says it will "tear up" draft local plan over standard method
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Lower housing need figures could have 'fundamental impact' on green belt release, conference told
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New delivery test and standard method boost housing land supply positions, consultancy finds
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Hitting new London Plan home targets will be 'very challenging', says senior borough planner
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More on revised standard housing need method by Christmas, says chief planner
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.
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.
Is it about to get harder for local planning authorities to plan for more housing growth?
Observers are concerned that in some areas the combination of falling population projections and the outputs of the government's proposals standard formula for assessing housing need could assist those authorities that want to reduce their housing targets.
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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Success of housing need method rests on plan to strengthen cooperation between neighbours, by Jamie Carpenter
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Housing need consultation will be a test of the government's mettle, by Jamie Carpenter
- Senior Planner Adlington Congleton, Cheshire
- Chartered Town Planners x 2 - East Midlands Lewis Davey East Midands
- Major Projects Team Leader Development Management Maidstone Borough Council Maidstone, Kent
- Principal Planning Officer Maidstone Borough Council Maidstone, Kent
- Planning Policy Officer Elmbridge Borough Council Esher, Surrey
