Responding to today’s Government announcements regarding new towns and support for housebuilding, Jonathan Seager, Policy Delivery Director at BusinessLDN, said:
“It’s encouraging to see the Government issuing a clear statement of intent regarding new towns as we await clarity on which sites will be taken forward. London’s acute housing need, political structures, and connectivity make it ideal for getting shovels in the ground to deliver tens of thousands of new homes.
“This will require the Government to set out funding options for the new towns programme as part of the spending review as well as delivering on its commitment to reform the planning system.
“A new pledge to provide more funding for bodies which can help release projects stuck in the pipeline is also very welcome, especially where the Building Safety Regulator is concerned.”
BusinessLDN recently published ‘The Case for a New Town in London’ alongside DP9, Volterra, Arup, Kanda Consulting and Zach Simons of Landmark Chambers.