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“Plans for thousands of new homes in Whiteley get the green light”
15 Dec 2011
“WHITELEY looks set to double in size after plans were agreed to build 3,000 new homes in the north of the town."
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“British Land lines up new retail developments”
13 Dec 2011
“British Land is preparing to start new retail developments for the first time since the recession."
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“Land value disparity grows as affluent buyers targeted”
13 Dec 2011
“There is a growing disparity in the value of development land in the UK as housebuilders focus activity on areas with affluent potential buyers, according to research by Savills."
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“Marks and Spencer, Next and H&M sign up to centre”
3 Dec 2011
“MAJOR retailers have flocked to fill a multimillion pound development set to transform a Hampshire village and create more than 1,000 jobs."
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“British Land and USS Confirm Commitment to £64 Million Whiteley Retail Development”
2 Dec 2011
“British Land and Universities Superannuation Scheme Limited (USS) are pleased to confirm their commitment to the development of the 300,000 sq ft Whiteley Shopping Centre in South Hampshire. Lettings at the £64 million development have now reached 50% by floor area, with M&S (60,000 sq ft) and Next (19,500 sq ft) committing to anchor the scheme. "
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“England Facing Sizeable Housing Shortfall”
2nd Nov 2011
“England is facing a sizeable housing shortfall of an estimated 70,000 new homes annually. According to the latest report released by DTZ, the government has been urged to make reforms quickly to prevent a full on crisis. Funds are available for building which could be released, as well as land where new homes could gain an address."
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“How could the draft planning laws be changed?”
13 Sep 2011
“Greg Clark, the planning minister, has admitted that the controversial planning laws "could be clearer." So, how might the current document be changed?"
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“BUILDER TAYLOR WIMPEY BACK IN BLACK AS IT REINS IN COSTS”
04 Aug 2011
“TIGHTER cost controls helped housebuilder Taylor Wimpey to return to profit during the first half of the year despite the firm selling fewer homes, figures yesterday revealed."
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“HOUSEBUILDERS MUST RISE TO THE CHALLENGE OF CLIMATE CHANGE”
27 Jul 2011
“Chris Goodier and Wei Pan outline the challenges that housebuilders face in helping to meet the UK government's goal of reducing carbon emissions by 80% by 2050."
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“NEW PLANNING LAWS THREATEN GREEN BELT”
26 Jul 2011
“The biggest shake up in the planning system for 50 years will allow sprawling out of town developments on the green belt, campaigners have warned."
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“LONDON BUILDERS 'BOUNCING BACK FROM RECESSION”
05 Jul 2011
“Government plans to overhaul the UK’s planning system including making applications more streamlined and developments more sustainable have been widely welcomed by the property industry."
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“PROPERTY INDUSTRY WELCOMES CHANGES TO UK PLANNING SYSTEM”
23 March 2011
“Government plans to overhaul the UK’s planning system including making applications more streamlined and developments more sustainable have been widely welcomed by the property industry."
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“BUDGET 2011: CHANCELLOR ANNOUNCES ‘RADICAL’ PLANNING REFORMS”
23 March 2011
“Chancellor George Osborne has revealed a raft of planning reforms aimed at removing what he claimed
has been a ‘chronic obstacle’ to UK growth."
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“'HOUSING SHORTAGE CRISIS' PREDICTED IN IPPR REPORT”
14 March 2011
“England is facing a "growing housing crisis", according to a report which estimates a shortfall
of 750,000 homes by 2025."
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“DEVELOPERS WARNING OVER AFFORDABLE HOMES TARGET”
21 Jan 2011
“HOUSING developers in Winchester are warning that targets for affordable homes will rebound and deter crucial development. "
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“SLUMP IN PLANNING PERMISSIONS FOR NEW HOMES”
13 Dec 2010
“Housebuilders have blamed a vacuum in planning policy for a 25 per cent drop in the number of planning permissions granted for new homes in England during the second quarter of 2010."
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“PICKLES OVERHAULS PLANNING SYSTEM”
13 Dec 2010
“Proposals to overhaul radically the social housing and planning systems and return power to local authorities were today finally unveiled, following weeks of delay."
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“LOCALISM BILL STARTS A NEW ERA OF PEOPLE POWER”
13 Dec 2010
“A landmark bill that heralds a ground-breaking shift in power to councils and communities overturning decades of central government control was unveiled by Communities and Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles today."
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“SHAPPS SCRAPS STANDARDS PLAN TO PROMOTE HOUSE BUILDING”
26 Nov 2010
“New house building standards that were soon to be introduced are being scrapped, and others are to be overhauled in a bid to ease the burden on builders and get more homes built."
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“MAJOR HAMPSHIRE ECO-HOME BUILDING SCHEME GIVEN GREEN LIGHT DESPITE OPPOSITION”
23 Nov 2010
“Hundreds of green homes are to be constructed in Hampshire following the county council's decision to give the green light to plans submitted under the previous government's 'eco-towns' initiative."
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“CALA LAWYERS IN FRESH LEGAL CHALLENGE”
19 Nov 2010
“The lawyers behind the successful legal challenge to the scrapping of regional strategies (RS) have commenced proceedings against the government's insistence that the ruling changes little."
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“DEVELOPERS COMPETE TO OFFER NEW HOMES IN HAMPSHIRE”
16 Nov 2010
“New Homes builder Banner Homes is hoping to capitalise on strong demand for new build..."
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“REDEVELOPMENT OF WHITELEY VILLAGE”
15 Oct 2010
“Consented Scheme July 2010."
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“LET HOUSING SUPPLY MATH DEMAND - AND BUILD MORE HOMES”
12 Oct 2010
“The Housing Minister Grant Shapps says he wants house price stability rather than a house price boom."
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“THE CITY INTERVIEW: FAMILY HOMES BEAT FLATS, SAYS BARRATT BOSS ”
06 Oct 2010
“Mark Clare is planning a mini-revolution in housebuilding in britain. "
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“FOXTONS FOUNDER LAUNCHES PROPERTY FUND”
21 Sep 2010
“Foxtons founder Jon Hunt is gearing up to tackle the UK housing supply shortage with the launch of his own property investment fund... "
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“CAN DAVID CAMERON MATH HAROLD MACMILLAN'S ACHIEVEMENT IN HOUSE-BUILDING? ”
15 Aug 2010
“Right-to-buy and buy-to-let have created an urgent need for social housing – which the Labour government did not deliver"
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“UK FACING SEVERE SHORTAGE OF RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY FOR RENT, NEW REPORT INDICATES”
28 July 2010
“The residential property rental supply in the UK has reached an all time low making the prospect of a severe shortage more likely, according to the industry. "
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“BRITAIN WILL STRUGGLE TO HANDLE 'CATASTROPHIC' POPULATION GROWTH UNLESS CHANGES ARE MADE ”
09 Jun 2010
“Britain will struggle to handle 'catastrophic' population growth in future unless urgent action is taken, a report has warned"
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“CALL TO TACKLE UK HOUSING CRISIS”
19 May 2010
“Housing charity Shelter has called on the new Government to make tackling the UK's housing crisis an urgent priority."
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“BUILD HOMES TO BOOST ECONOMY”
20 April 2010
“HOUSE building in the South will have to rise sharply above previous estimates to address the urgent need for extra accommodation."
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“UK HOUSEBUILDING MARKET TO RISE IN 2010”
14 April 2010
“The UK housebuilding market will rise by 154,000 homes in 2010, according to a new report from MTW Research"
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“HOUSING SHORTAGE CRISIS IN HAMPSHIRE”
13 April 2010
“A shortage of housing in the region is set to get worse, according to new research."
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“LOCAL AUTHORITIES 'MISSING HOUSEBUILDING TARGETS'”
06 April 2010
“Local authorities have missed regional targets for building new homes every year since 2002, new figures reveal."
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“WARNING: HOUSING SHORTAGE AT 'CRISIS POINT' ”
19 March 2010
"The UK housing shortage is at crisis point - with building work at its lowest level since World War Two despite a need for a million extra homes, it is claimed."
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“COUNCIL FINANCE SHAKEUP 'COULD SUPPLY 50,000 HOMES”
18 March 2010
“Allowing councils more freedom over their finances could allow them to build up to 500,000 new homes over the next decade, according to the Local Government Association (LGA)."
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“DEVELOPER SET TO BUY WINCHESTERT FIRE STATION”
25 Feb 2010
“A DEVELOPER has bought Winchester Fire Station in a seven-figure deal. "
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“CIVIC CHIEFS PLANS FOR REVAMP OF WINCHESTER SPORTS CENTRE”
24 Feb 2010
“PLANS that could see parts of the River Park Leisure Centre shut for up to six months for a refit have
moved closer. "
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“AILING HAMPSHIRE SHOPPING CENTRE SET TO BE REPLACED BY 2013”
29 Dec 2009
“A mayor £100m scheme to overhaul an ailing Hampshire shopping centre has been approved by planners."
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“HOMES PLAN SET FOR APPROVAL AFTER APPEAL SUCCESS”
05 Oct 2009
“Planners are powerless to stop nearly 50 new homes being built – even though they have previously rejected the proposals."
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“£250M PACKAGE TO CREATE 3400 HOMES”
10 Sep 2009
“A £250 million funding package to provide 3,400 affordable homes has been announced by Housing Minister John Healey."
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“BOVIS BETS ON RECOVERY AS IT RE-ENTERS LAND MARKET”
25 Aug 2009
“Housebuilder 'optimistic' in spite of first-half losses."
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“PERSIMMON H1 PROFIT BOOSTED BY LAND WRITE-BACK”
25 Aug 2009
“British housebuilder Persimmon (PSN.L) posted lower first-half results on Tuesday..."
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“RECESSION IN BRITAIN ´AT AN END´”
24 Aug 2009
“Confidence among business professionals has surged, suggesting the recession is at an end, a survey has said."
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“RISE IN ENGLAND´S HOME STARTS AND COMPLETIONS”
24 Aug 2009
“The number of homes being built in England rose by more than 60 per cent in the three months to June, according to government statistics."
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“BROWN TAKES CASH FROM SCHOOLS, ROADS AND HEALTH TO PAY FOR 30,000 HOMES”
30 Jun 2009
“Gordon Brown has raided the health, education and transport budgets to fund 30,000 extra “social” homes in a hastily assembled relaunch heavily influenced by Lord Mandelson. "
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“THE UK HAS A "CHRONICS SHORTAGE" OF SOCIAL HOUSING, ACCORDING TO A UNITED NATIONS REPORT”
04 Jun 2009
“The report, published by the UN’s Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights..."
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“HOUSEBUILDING APPLICATIONS RISE AGAIN”
28 May 2009
“The decline in UK housebuilding is stabilising according to the latest figures from the National House-Builder's Council (NHBC)."
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“SOUTH EAST PLAN UNVEILED”
6 May 2009
“The government has trimmed its housing target for the South East by one per cent in its housing plans for the region until 2026."
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“SIGNS SUGGEST THE WORST OF THE BRITISH RECESSION IS OVER”
02 May 2009
“Cips index of industrial confidence improves – but still indicates a contraction."
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“CONSULTATION ON 8,000 HOMES PLAN”
23 April 2009
“Council chiefs have decided to consult the public over plans to build 8,000 new homes on three greenfield sites in Hampshire."
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“£500M TO KICK-START STALLED HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS ANNOUNCED”
22 April 2009
“The Government is to provide £500 million to unlock development on stalled housing schemes, the chancellor has announced."
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“BUDGET 2009: CHACELLOR PUTS HOUSING AT CENTRE OF RECOVERY”
22 April 2009
“Measures to breath life into the housing market were a central theme in chancellor Alistair Darling’s 2009 Budget speech."
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“BUDGET 2009: GOVERNMENT ´MUST RING-FENCE PLANNING CASH´”
22 April 2009
“Government funding for local authority planning must be ring-fenced if the government’s budget announcements on homes are to me met, according to the RTPI."
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“RECESSION TO LEAVE 2.6 MILLION IN OVERCROWDED HOUSING”
15 April 2009
“The number of people living in overcrowded homes in England will soar by 15 per cent to 2.6 million within two years as the recession bites, housing associations warned today. "
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“MORTGAGE APPROVALS SOAR 19% DURING FEBRUARY”
30 March 2009
“The number of mortgages approved for house purchase jumped by 19 per cent during February and borrowers repaid a record amount of debt, the Bank of England said today. "
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“CALL FOR THOUSANDS MORE UK HOMES”
23 Feb 2009
“The government is being urged to build the country out of recession with a major programme of house
construction."
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“THOUSANDS RUSH TO BUY LAND IN PATH OF HEATHROW EXPANSION”
13 Jan 2009
“Some London boroughs may have to more than double affordable housing delivery rates to meet new city-wide targets, Planning has learnt."
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“PLANNING SLUMP HITS COUNCIL COFFERS”
16 Dec 2008
“86% of local councils across England have seen a drop in income from planning applications, according to a survey by the Local Government Association (LGA)."
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“CITY´S AFFORDABILITY TARGETS SKY-ROCKET”
31 Oct 2008
“Some London boroughs may have to more than double affordable housing delivery rates to meet new city-wide targets, Planning has learnt."
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“AFFORDABLE HOUSING SAFEGUARDS SOUGHT”
24 Oct 2008
“Housing lobbyists are calling for the Planning Bill to oblige developers to honour section 106 deals for affordable housing before paying a community infrastructure levy (CIL).
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“AGRICULTURE CAN WEATHER STORM”
09 Oct 2008
“UK agriculture can weather current financial storms even if Britain dips into recession, the industry believes.”
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“FURTHER DECLINE IN HOUSE PRICES”
09 Oct 2008
“UK house prices registered a 1.3% fall in September, according to the Halifax.”
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“EMERGING MARKETS NO BUFFER FOR PROPERTY STOCKS”
06 Oct 2008
“It seems so long ago. When HSBC took a £5.4bn hit early last year on a portfolio of home loans practically thrust into the hands of low-income Americans...”
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“LABOUR MPs TURN ON ALISTAIR DARLING OVER STAMP DUTY DITHERING”
10 Aug 2008
“Alistair Darling was accused by his own backbenchers last night of acting “irresponsibly” amid mounting confusion over proposals for a ´stamp duty holiday´”.
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“HOUSE RULES: THE TRUTH ABOUT TODAY´S PROPERTY MARKET”
02 Aug 2008
“Making sense of what's going on in the housing market has been hard work over the past few months.”
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“RICS RURAL MARKET SURVEY H1 2008”
28 Jul 2008
“City Slickers running scared but arable land prices reach record high.”
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“LAND PRICE HIKE SEES CROWN OUTPERFORM”
09 Jul 2008
“The Crown Estate produced its best ever out-performance last year, driven by the performance of its rural estate.”
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“FARMLAND SOARS DESPITE PROPERTY BLUES”
19 May 2008
“Homeowners may be suffering as the credit crunch bites and house prices head south but the cost of farmland has soared by...”
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“NATURE CHIEF QUESTIONS BENEFIT OF GREEN BELT LAND- AND SAYS IT´S TIME TO FIND BETTER USES FOR IT”
19 May 2008
“The fate of the green belts that have guarded the countryside for 50 years was...”
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“THE GOLD RUSH FOR UK FARMLAND”
18 April 2008
“Mark Twain once wrote: 'Buy land. They're not making it any more.' ”
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“FIELDS OF GOLD: INVESTORS DISCOVER LUCRATIVE HAVEN IN BRITAIN´S FARMLAND”
17 April 2008
“As house prices fall, the cost of rural land soars to record highs; Overseas buyers and flight from cities produce 40 per cent rise in values”
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“DEVELOPERS SHOULD FACE LAND BANKING TAX SAY PLANNERS”
18 March 2008
“Developers that are slow to build homes and shops on land for which they have already gained planning permission should be taxed to discourage...”
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“BUDGET BOOST FOR HOUSING”
13 March 2008
“Communities Secretary Hazel Blears and Housing Minister Caroline Flint today welcomed proposals in the Budget that will support the Department for Communities...”
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“RICS: CPRE PANDER TO THE VESTED INTEREST”
10 March 2008
“CPRE research finds some 53 per cent of the UK public opposed the government's plans to build three million new homes by 2020. ”
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“HOMES MUST TAKE PRIORITY”
20 February 2008
“PLANNERS are today expected to give the goahead for controversial proposals to build more than 300 new homes on a greenfield site.”
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“AGENCY CONFIDENT OF INCREASE IN VALUES”
19 February 2008
“Charles Dudgeon, head of Savills Rural in Scotland, is confident that the best arable land in the country will increase by up to 20% in value in the current year.”
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“KERSLAKE STRESSES CO-OPERATION FOR HOUSING DRIVE”
19 February 2008
“The Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) chief executive has denied he will be "holding a shotgun to local authorities' backs" to help the government deliver its house building programme.”
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“A MILLION NEW HOMES AT RISK OF FLOODING”
15 February 2008
“One million new homes expected to be built over the next 12 years could be at risk of flooding...”
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“ABI WARNS OF TOUGHER PLANNING CONTROLS FOR NEW HOUSING”
14 February 2008
“Tougher planning controls are needed if flood insurance is to remain widely available for new homes the Association of British Insurers (ABI) said today...”
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“HOUSES THREAT TO GREEN BELT”
12 February 2008
“A BAN on house building in Rotherham's green belt could be lifted - due to the growing demand for new homes.”
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“LAND VALUES BOOST WORTH OF UK COAL”
17 January 2008
“UK COAL, the country's largest coal producer, should see a four-fold increase in profits this year thanks to a steep rise in the value of its land.”
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“BRITAIN TO BUILD 2 MILLION HOMES FOR MIGRANTS”
14 January 2008
“ALMOST two million new homes will have to be built just to cope with the immigrant influx, peers will be told tomorrow.”
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“NEW AGENCY WILL HAVE AKEY REGENERATION ROLE”
10 January 2008
“The Government today set out more details of the work of the Agency which will play a key role in delivering the 3m new homes by 2020 pledged by the Prime Minister - the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA).”
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“THOUSANDS OF HOMES TO BE BUILT ON GREEN BELT”
06 December 2007
“Tens of thousands of homes and offices could be built on protected Green Belt land across England, a Government-backed report said yesterday.”
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“GREEN BELT DISAPPEARING”
25 November 2007
“An area of Green Belt land the size of central London has been concreted over the past 10 years..”
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“DELIVERING GREEN, AFFORDABLE HOMES MORE QUICKLY ”
22 November 2007
“Housing Minister Yvette Cooper today welcomed the publication of the Callcutt Review into delivering new housing and announced a major new drive to speed up the delivery of new greener...”
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“MUTED REACTION FROM INDUSTRY TO QUEEN´S SPEECH”
06 November 2007
“The housing measures outlined earlier today in the Queen's Speech have met with a mixed response from the UK housing industry. ”
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“HOMES AND FUNDS AT HEART OF QUEEN´S SPEECH, BUT PLANS FOR TROOPS MAY
TAKE CENTRE STAGE ”
06 November 2007
“Mr Brown is planning to highlight his plans set out in a summer green paper to build 3m new homes by 2020 through separate planning and housing bills. ”
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“´GREEN BELT GUARDIAN ´ DOES U-TURN AND SAYS HOUSES SHOULT BE BUILT”
28 October 2007
“The green belt is an outdated concept and it should be built on, the man in charge of guarding our countryside said yesterday. ”
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“HOUSING MINISTER UNVEILS NEW DRIVE TO DELIVER MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING”
26 October 2007
“LONDON (Thomson Financial) - Housing Minister Yvette Cooper today unveiled new measures to deliver more affordable housing...”
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“GOVERNMENT OFFERS CASH INCENTIVES TO EASE HOUSING SHORTAGE”
26 October 2007
“Town halls are to be given a £1,000 cash bonus for each extra house they build above minimum levels in a bid to speed up affordable developments, Yvette Cooper disclosed yesterday. ”
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“HOUSING ACROSS SOUTH EAST, SOUTH WEST AND EAST ENGLAND
COULD BE LESS AFFORDABLE THAN LONDON BY 2026”
25 October 2007
“Regions urged to consider plans that deliver
a quarter of a million more homes by 2020”
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“COUNCILS 'WILL GET BRIBES TO BACK HOUSEBUILDING' ”
14 September 2007
“Town halls will be driven to raise council tax bills more sharply if they refuse to build thousands of homes on green fields, it was claimed last night.”
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“GREEN BELT MUST BE SACRIFICED TO HIT BROWN´S HOUSE-BUILDING TARGETS”
30 August 2007
“The Green Belts that have protected the countryside for more than 50 years should be built on, a Whitehall report said yesterday. ”
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“HOUSE PLANS WILL HIT GREEN BELT”
15 August 2007
“About two million homes will have to be built on greenfield sites to meet the prime minister's plans to tackle the housing shortage, a think tank warns”
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“HOUSE PRICES TO RISE 40% ”
06 August 2007
"A new report says house prices are going to keep on rising, with the average property price in England set to break the £300,000 barrier within five years..."
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“BROWN PLEDGES 3M NEW HOMES ”
11 July 2007
"Gordon Brown today put housing at the heart of his first legislative programme as he promised..."
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“BUILD ON THE GREEN BELT, and build now ”
7 June 2007
"It is only with great restraint or great affection that our children stop themselves from telling us to sell up..." read more
“HOUSE PRICES `TO REACH TEN TIMES PAY´ ”
7 June 2007
"The next generation of homebuyers could face average house prices that are 10 times their salaries unless the number of homes being built increases..." read more
“ARE WE BUILDING ENOUGH NEW HOUSES TO MEET DEMAND? ”
29 May 2007
"Gordon Brown today put housing at the heart of his first legislative programme as he promised..."
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“BROWN VOWS TO TACKLE NHS AND HOUSING”
17 May 2007
"Gordon Brown says his first priority as Prime Minister will be improving the NHS - and he promised to tackle the problem of affordable housing..." read more
“BROWN TO PUT HOMES SHORTAGE AT CENTRE OF NEW AGENDA”
8 May 2007
"A major building programme designed to increase the supply of affordable homes is expected to be a centre-piece..." read more
“EIGHT BUYERS CHASE EVERY HOUSE”
13 March 2007
"DESPERATE house buyers are fuelling a new boom in prices as they rush to move up the property ladder." read more
“10,000 ACRES OF GREENBELT UNDER THREAT”
12 March 2007
"Developments stand to make millions for Queen, BP and British Aerospace." read more
“GREEN BELT -- IT´S NOT ALL GREEN”
25 February 2006
"Kate Barker tells David Smith her shake-up of planning won’t destroy the countryside but will help business and the economy." read more
“UK PLANNERS ARE CHOKING LAND SUPPLY, HOUSEBUILDERS CLAIM”
11 December 2006
“The supply of new housing is falling short of needs by some 50,000 each year. But he agreed that Kate Barker sets out a strategic vision of a simpler and more efficient planning framework to bring forward new development.” read more
“KATE BARKERS FINAL REPORT ON THE LAND USE PLANNING SYSTEM IN ENGLAND.”
5 December 2006
The report highlights the vital role planning needs to play to deliver sustainable economic development in the context of the pressures of a growing population, rising incomes, changing demographics, climate change and the competitive challenges of rapid changes in the global economy. read more
WHY IS IT SO EXPENSIVE TO BUY A HOUSE?
“People in the UK seem to be obsessed with property - buying it, doing it up and selling it”.........
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“MORE THAN HALF OF NEW HOMES BUILT ARE NOW FLATS”
24th October 2006
"Many thousands of families are being denied appropriate housing opportunities and choices because of restrictions on land supply.” read more
“TORIES PLAN HOUSING REVOLUTION TO CATER FOR RISING ELDERLY POPULATION”
October 24, 2006
“The future lies in allowing communities to expand outwards not just upwards. We recognise that if we are to meet future housing need, you will have some currently undeveloped land which will have to be developed,” read more
“BUILD MORE HOMES OR I PUT UP COUNCIL TAX, WARNS KELLY”
28th July 2006
'To meet this demand those involved in the delivery of housing need to be supported to meet the housing demands of the community.' The temptation for councils in the south of England - where ministers would like to see hundreds of thousands of extra homes - will be high.” read more
ITS TIME TO LEARN A FEW HOME TRUTHS. The Times.
Jun 2006
“Last week the all-party Housing, Planning and Local Government Parliamentary Select Committee raised the alarm. The MPs said: “The recent increase in two-bedroom flats in town and city centres needs to be balanced by an increase in family housing.” read more
BUILD A MILLION GREEN BELT HOMES, URGES THINK TANK. The Telegrpah.
Apr 2006
“Farm and green belt land should be used to create a million new homes and a hundred thousand hectares of fresh woodland, according to a report that today proposes a radical shake-up in land use.” read more
“WOODS AND HOMES” GREEN BELT CALL. BBC News.
Apr 2006
“Mr Balen proposed that 3% of all farmland be converted using this system, which would create 950,000 new houses and 130,000 hectares of woodland, which equated to about an 11% increase in the woodland cover of England and Wales.” read more
BLUEPRINT FOR DISASTER. The Telegraph.
Feb 2006
“John Prescott's drive to build thousands more houses in the South-East is in danger of becoming a "developers' free-for-all", with housebuilders taking increasing control of the planning, design and inspection process as local authorities struggle to keep up with the pace dictated by the Government.” read more
Measures aim for 200,000 new homes per year. The Guardian.
Dec 2005
“The government announced plans for a big house-building programme yesterday in an effort to avoid a looming crisis which threatens to lock huge numbers of would-be homeowners out of the housing market within the next 20 years.” read more
SPRAWLING ESTATES OF EXECUTIVE HOMES INVADE THE GREEN BELT. The Telegrpah.
Dec 2005
“The Government's pledge to regenerate urban brownfield sites, developments have sprung up on land which has been redesignated from Green Belt status.” read more
THE 60´000 POUND DAY DREAM. The Times.
Dec 05
“The cost of land is so high that, with the average single plot costing £93,000, a house for £60,000 can only be an aspiration rather than a reality. The greatest pressure on land is in the South East, the very region where help with affordability is most needed and where the average single plot costs £123,000.” read more
YOUNG MISS PROPERTY LADDER. The Daily Mail.
Oct 2005
“The research comes as the Government warned there aren't enough homes being built for future generations. The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister said that only three out of ten 10-year-olds will be able to afford their own home by 2026 unless building work is stepped up.” read more
Prescott backs green belt housing. BBC News.
Oct 2005
“ The decision to build 3,600 homes and businesses west of Stevenage, Herts, was welcomed by the council who say they have an acute housing shortage.” read more
TOO FEW HOMES FOR NEXT GENERATION. The Times.
Oct 2005
“The dream of owning their own home will be denied to millions of the next generation unless the pace of housebuilding in Britain is stepped up, ministers said yesterday.” read more
WHY WE SHOULD JUNK THE GREEN BELT. The Times.
Sep 2005
“And while we’re scrapping the planning system, we might as well junk the green belt. Why? Because it’s another outdated concept designed to trammel development and to preserve the distinction between “town” and “country” as enshrined in the 1949 Town and Country Planning Act, which still forms the basis of planning policy.” read more
2400 ACRES OF GREEN BELT LOST EACH YEAR. The Telegraph.
Jun 2005
“An average of 2,400 acres of undeveloped green belt is being built on each year, the Government has admitted in a parliamentary written answer.” read more
CAMPAIGN GROUP URGE ASSEMBLY TO RECOGNISE SOUTH EAST HOUSING CRISIS.
Jan 2005
“The TCPA, the longest established planning and environmental organisation in the world, is alarmed by the current housing crisis. It explained that unless new housing is built there could be a shortfall of well over 300,000 homes by 2016” read more
BARKER REVIEW OF HOUSING SHORTAGE.
Barker Review
2004
“ Additional investment building-up to between £1.2 and £1.6 billion per annum will be required to deliver additional social housing to meet projected future needs.” read more
“UK LAND PRICES ´ROCKET´”
12 February 2003
“The price of residential land in the UK has increased a staggering eight-fold over the last 20 years.”
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