May, who wants to make housing her number one domestic priority, will say she expects “developers to do their duty to Britain and build the homes our country needs”. Independent inspectors will be given the power to take over decision-making in local areas if “nimby councils” fail to publish housing plans quickly enough. “I want to see planning permissions going to people who are actually going to build houses, not just sit on land and watch its value rise. “After eight years of failure on housing it’s clear her government has got no plan to fix the housing crisis,” John Healey said. One industry expert questioned whether linking planning permissions to former build-out rates was workable.

Source: The Guardian March 04, 2018 22:30 UTC