The
Housing White Paper, published in February 2017, combined with
the Autumn Statement's commitment of £8bn to the supply
of housing, should accelerate the delivery of new homes in the UK
and broaden the composition of supply.
As a panelist at the National Planning Summit, I identified the
key proposals in the White Paper that have the potential to make a
real impact when combined with the Government's funding
commitments, see Slide 1, which I have called a Virtuous
Circle:
- The release of public sector
land
The Government is committed to releasing surplus Government &
local authority owned land with the capacity to deliver 320,000
homes by 2020. Capacity to bring this land forward will be
supported by a £45m Land Release Fund, backed up by the
£2.3bn Housing Infrastructure Fund announced in the Autumn
Statement. Much of the public sector land is located in areas of
great housing need, such as London and the South East, with the
potential for high
