Green Building Forum - Consulation on planning reform Tue, 21 Jul 2026 04:33:20 +0100 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/ Lussumo Vanilla 1.0.3 Consulation on planning reform https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=16680&Focus=282677#Comment_282677 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=16680&Focus=282677#Comment_282677 Thu, 06 Aug 2020 18:03:50 +0100 djh https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/planning-for-the-future

I've started reading it but am having trouble with my attitude, so I'd like to hear if anybody else has formed an opinion yet?

PS Not sure whether this topic should be here or under Politics?]]> Consulation on planning reform https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=16680&Focus=282681#Comment_282681 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=16680&Focus=282681#Comment_282681 Thu, 06 Aug 2020 21:30:06 +0100 Jonti Consulation on planning reform https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=16680&Focus=282685#Comment_282685 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=16680&Focus=282685#Comment_282685 Fri, 07 Aug 2020 03:25:15 +0100 Mike1 Posted By: JontiSO big builders are going to make an absolute packet and the tax payer will have to foot the bill.
No idea why the Government might do that.

https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/dark-money-investigations/exclusive-property-tycoons-gave-tories-more-than-11m-in-less-than-a-year/]]> Consulation on planning reform https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=16680&Focus=282688#Comment_282688 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=16680&Focus=282688#Comment_282688 Fri, 07 Aug 2020 10:06:40 +0100 Jonti Consulation on planning reform https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=16680&Focus=282690#Comment_282690 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=16680&Focus=282690#Comment_282690 Fri, 07 Aug 2020 10:45:13 +0100 Artiglio There’s no real interest in building house’s properly, we don’t have a motivated or sifficiently skilled workforce, with all the S106 and CIL requirements adding to build costs already additional cost will be resisted plus HMG want numbers as a priority the rest is just rhetoric to appease the green lobby and make it look as though there is a green agenda.
Those buying the houses don’t care either as they’ll still perform better than most houses more than 20 years old. Major issues with rot and repair will be unlikely to occur within the guarantee period so insurers don’t care either.

Basically there are more votes in housing people than there ever will be in quality and energy efficiency. Whilst the demand is there the builders will always be the ones calling the shots.]]> Consulation on planning reform https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=16680&Focus=282697#Comment_282697 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=16680&Focus=282697#Comment_282697 Fri, 07 Aug 2020 15:08:11 +0100 Mike1 http://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=16531

Which, among other things, found that housing developments that benefited from the use of Local Authority site-specific design codes were almost five times more likely to be ‘good’ or ‘very good’ than ‘poor’ or ‘very poor’.]]> Consulation on planning reform https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=16680&Focus=282740#Comment_282740 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=16680&Focus=282740#Comment_282740 Sun, 09 Aug 2020 17:26:55 +0100 CWatters
I reckon only large developers will be able to afford land in areas designated for "Growth" because they will be mostly large large or brown field sites.

The document does say..

"We also want to allow local planning authorities to identify sub-areas in their Growth areas for self- and custom-build homes, so that more people can build their own homes"

but who wants to build a house on the left over bit of a large housing estate?]]> Consulation on planning reform https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=16680&Focus=282741#Comment_282741 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=16680&Focus=282741#Comment_282741 Sun, 09 Aug 2020 18:44:56 +0100 Peter_in_Hungary Posted By: CWattersThe document does say..

"We also want to allow local planning authorities to identify sub-areas in their Growth areas for self- and custom-build homes, so that more people can build their own homes"
So it's up to the LPA to decide if they want to support self build - or not

Posted By: CWattersbut who wants to build a house on the left over bit of a large housing estate?

on the bit that was not profitable for the large developer - e.g. problematic ground conditions or contamination on the brown field site.]]> Consulation on planning reform https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=16680&Focus=282744#Comment_282744 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=16680&Focus=282744#Comment_282744 Sun, 09 Aug 2020 20:14:20 +0100 Jonti Consulation on planning reform https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=16680&Focus=282749#Comment_282749 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=16680&Focus=282749#Comment_282749 Sun, 09 Aug 2020 21:40:05 +0100 Peter_in_Hungary Posted By: JontiBut would it not also allow LPAs to designate large areas of their growth areas as sub areas?
Yes it would - but given the clout of big business which way do you think that decisions would go?]]> Consulation on planning reform https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=16680&Focus=282756#Comment_282756 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=16680&Focus=282756#Comment_282756 Mon, 10 Aug 2020 08:24:58 +0100 Jonti Posted By: Peter_in_Hungary
Posted By: JontiBut would it not also allow LPAs to designate large areas of their growth areas as sub areas?

Yes it would - but given the clout of big business which way do you think that decisions would go?

SO the system is not bad but how it might be abused is.]]>