I think it would be great to start a new thread of constrained urban infill sites in the UK so I will start one now to highlight where every opportunity to deliver new homes can be taken. Please feel free to add for further references! First up DPQ https://t.co/s3MtQXlgO7

I don't agree fully. LPAs can decide to allocate more small sites however this is unusual and generally more work and more objections for them. We need to see more diversity in who is delivering housing though for sure.

Almost a quarter of local authorities in England did not grant a single permission for self- and custom-build housing over the year to October 2024, according to the government’s latest figures. https://t.co/xirvcmD4FE

How this man got selected I do not know.

We have far fewer homes relative to our population size than other European countries.

It's a real shame that for all the rhetoric @UKLabour has been so slow to make any meaningful changes to the system. I beleive that part of the problem may well be the civil servants being computer says no or simply have no idea of what is needed to make the changes required

Great to be a part of this. I hope @UKLabour start to grab the bull by the horns and enacting planning policies that will help improve the dismal situation many SMEs, particularly S, are going through right now.

They said it couldn’t be done. First social housing built in the city centre in over 40 years 🏡

50% of this would have been social housing. Nearly 10,000 households are on Wandsworth’s council waiting list at the moment…

The climate change impacts vs... even more import from other countries,. presumably, where there are less safeguards. Or just don't have the materials needed to build. Bravo.

We certainly aren't on track the only way we could get near to that target now would be to change tacts. A move like allowing Room To Grow would certainly assist in plugging the gap however. https://t.co/87W7alxIMR @AngelaRayner @mtpennycook

I mean you couldn't make it up to be fair. Headed the most aggressive national campaigns against homes for 6 years prior to becoming a MP for Labour under the pledge of delivering 1.5m homes.

It makes absolute sense to make train stations the basis for new community hubs and centres for housing growth.

Having delivered the building but left the trailer unit it came on behind! #floatybuildingshit

There are accountancy firms and the like gaming the system but with the built environment we need to ensure that we have doors open to anyone wishing to work in this sector and the apprenticeship scheme is a massive boost to social mobility and diversity of candidates.

I was told yesterday that it maybe announced that level 7 apprenticeships will be scrapped. @AngelaRayner is against this and I am too. We already have a housing crisis and removing opportunities particularly for built environment education and qualifications is bonkers.

Major site? Free submission via local plan and assessment of essentially all aspects of the sites suitability. Minor site - pay for pre app and application before you have the principle agreed to a place where you could actually ensure viability in the widest sense.

Very happy to say I am promoting a 4.8 acre site that is essentially the most sustainably located green field site in Colchester City. I can't help but think as someone who works primarily on small sites though how skewed our system is towards large sites.

Wages growing faster than prices. Jobs up. Inflation down. Interest rates down. NHS waiting lists down. Houses and infrastructure unblocked. Free breakfast clubs rolling out. National Living Wage increasing. National Minimum Wage increasing. Defence spending increased. 2 million

*biggest eye roll possible*

New jobs for all trades is all very good but we lag behind on MMC and modular construction. The way we now deal with wood in construction is incredibly problematic. We need to start the next construction revolution and it's not going to be by building ilas we already do.