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ARTICLE · 06 JANUARY 2020

(How) Can Planning Speed Up Delivery? (Part 1)

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Between 2011/12 and 2017/18, on average, 258,192 homes were consented each year but only 153,560 homes were completed each year.

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(How) Can Planning Speed Up Delivery? (Part 1)

Between 2011/12 and 2017/18, on average, 258,192 homes were consented each year but only 153,560 homes were completed each year.  This gap is a challenge given high housing demand and the slow ratchet of the Housing Delivery Test.

The issue has focused attention on the build out rate: how quickly new dwellings are completed once they are fully consented. The search for solutions to 'slow' build out has focused on the planning system (which restricts and permits development, but does not demand its completion). So what can the planning system do to increase the build out rate?

This blog is in two parts. Part 1 looks at the reasons for build out and some of the measures proposed to address it. Part 2 considers the implications of 'slow' build out for local authorities and the planning tools available to them to encourage faster build out.

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