Ministry of Housing, Communities, and Local Government reveal more needs to be done if we are to achieve housing targets
Chris Smith, Head of New Build at Polypipe Building Products reacts: “The figures show that meeting the new Government’s housing targets is going to be a tough task. However, it’s not an impossible one. To turn the tide and reverse the decline in house building all stakeholders must work together.”
“New regulations are increasing the time it takes to design and acquire sign off on new developments which is contributing to a blockage in supply.” “Labour’s planning reforms also has the potential to unblock planning bottlenecks and speed up supply. Over time we expect the pace of housebuilding to increase and to see innovations in the industry as organisations meet, and exceed, the new regulations.”
“The lack of skills will be the biggest barrier to meeting government targets. and urgent action is needed to help the industry to pick up the pace.”
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