'Delivering the right housing in the right places' >>> >>> giving communities right of appeal on planning decisions >>> or allowing building on the greenbelt

Two pieces spotted by the East Devon Watch today point to very different ways to 'deal with the housing crisis':


PETITION – TAKE BACK LOCAL CONTROL OF HOUSING DEVELOPMENT

16 JAN 2017

Petition to Government

Give communities back the right to decide where houses are built.

This petition calls for a parliamentary debate on government Housing and Planning policy over building on greenfield land and seeks community right of appeal on planning decisions and the removal of the presumption in favour of sustainable development.

Too many communities are now forced to accept large housing developments seeing the irreversible loss of valuable greenfields without the right of appeal. The failure of government planning policy has resulted in the loss of valued countryside and agricultural land and leaves communities forced to grow too fast without appropriate infrastructure. Major changes to planning legislation are required to protect established communities across the UK and deliver the right housing in the right places.”

Sign at:
Give communities back the right to decide where houses are built. - Petitions

Petition – take back local control of housing development | East Devon Watch


GREENBELT AT RISK – AGAIN

16 JAN 2017

“… The Government has vowed to build one million homes by 2020 which equates to 200,000 a year.

“Don’t kid yourself that this will make properties more affordable,” said Henry Pryor, independent buyer. “The undersupply that we have been racking up means that if we had the million homes by the end of this parliament it still would not be enough.” He recommended the reclassification of the greenbelt.

“We need supply to keep up with demand but it must be where people need it, while trying to avoid the situations where house price growth becomes unsustainably high and out of kilter with wage growth,” JLL’s Whitten concluded.”

High time for a high-rise? How to solve the nation's housing affordability crisis


Greenbelt at risk – again | East Devon Watch

See also:
Futures Forum: Greenfield vs brownfield >>> "There are enough suitable brownfield sites for at least 1 million new homes."
Futures Forum: A solution to our housing problems: build on the green belt: part two
Futures Forum: Building on the green belt: the case for
Futures Forum: Persimmon, Sidmouth and greenfield sites
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