LGA says plans to scrap the developers’ duty to build affordable houses on sites for up to 40-50 homes would have seen 30,000 fewer homes built since 2015.

BECG research shows 61% of Conservative councillors think the government’s proposed planning reforms will make planning less democratic.

Railway Housing Association’s Anne Rowlands welcomes the government’s proposed planning reforms, but says a couple of questions still need to be answered.

Planning reforms announced this week will see the mechanism that delivers close to 50% of all England’s affordable housing scrapped.

Key housing sector bodies have expressed their concern over new housing planning reforms soon to be released by the government.