Housing secretary says wildlife should be protected but not at the expense of building the homes the country needs

The government plans to unveil sweeping changes this week to the national planning policy framework, the document which sets out national priorities for building, after a consultation.

I’m really looking forward to the yimby charter, I’ve got to say. We’re going to build so much stuff, it’s going to be amazing.

‘Labour seem to be saying that Angela is best and local people can be ignored.’

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  • ᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ 帝English
    4•3 days ago

    One thing I have liked about the Starmer government is that they appreciate problems need a holistic.approach, you can’t just make a.headline grabbing change, you need to adjust a range of systems. So.I.hope this move is accompanied by others, like building more social housing, addressing the empty homes problem, converting more high street shops into housing, etc all of which combined could start to address the wider problem.

    • @FelixCress
      2•3 days ago

      converting more high street shops into housing

      This. And offices. There is plenty of empty office space already. The government should consciously promote working from home to free even more office space and to convert it to housing. Office space can be easily converted into starter studio flats to house people who are just entering the market.

    • @[email protected]OPMEnglish
      1•3 days ago

      I agree with this. And all your mooted solutions require changes to planning policy, first, so this is a good start by the government!

      For me, what would really fix the problem is banning right to buy, but I’m quite sure that will never happen.