It was striking to read Angela Rayner asserting this week that the Government remains confident in the 1.5m new home target because the OBR’s recent 1.3m forecast did not take into account measures included in the Planning & Infrastructure Bill. The Deputy Prime Minister added: “Our other plans, including the homes acceleration plan and the money that we’re investing since then, and the Planning Infrastructure Bill changes will mean that that number will increase and we will meet our 1.5 million homes target. There is much to commend about the Bill and it is very likely to contribute towards a more coherent planning system in the future, but, as I have written here , there is little in it that will make a material difference to planning applications being prepared and submitted right now (and certainly little in and of itself to justify the ‘ biggest building boom in a generation ’ sobriquet). In your correspondent's humble opinion the difference between the 1.3m OBR forecast...
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