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HBF Planning Conference
16 September 2010
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HBF Planning Conference - 16 September - Hilton Hotel, Bristol
Making Localism Work
All talk and no houses?
With a draft Decentralisation and Localism Bill expected before Christmas the
housebuilding industry is once again facing the prospect of change, confusion
and delay. Given that change occurs in the planning system as frequently as a set
of traffic lights, it is frustrating that so few of the changes ever seem to give a
green light to more housing.
And if we are redesigning the planning system will we also be brave enough to
redesign the current planning obligations process?
There is no one who does not recognise the challenges facing the new government in terms of
public spending but the landowner's cupboard is bare too. The cross-subsidy model that paid for so much of the public infrastructure needed to support growth is widely considered to be broken. How can we put S106 agreements back into the box now that local authorities expect so much?
Will the industry be able to deliver new houses under localism? What are the new tools needed?
The HBF Annual Planning Conference will seek to address all of the above questions with speakers from central and local Government, the industry and its advisors. New ideas, new practice and new solutions are being sought and devised to meet the new challenges of a new government. We need to ensure that these solutions are practicable, deliverable and reasonable. Otherwise localism runs the risk of being all talk and no houses.
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