US EditionMinisters explore plans to ease rules for small builders in England
- Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner announced new planning reforms today at the UKREiiF in Leeds to support small builders and speed up housebuilding.
- The reforms respond to complex planning barriers that have shrunk the SME housebuilder market since the 1980s and hinder development on small sites.
- Key measures include reclassifying 'grey belt' land for development, creating a 'medium site' category with simpler rules, and launching the New Homes Accelerator with financial backing.
- Rayner emphasized that supporting smaller builders is fundamental to the government’s strategy for delivering 1.5 million new homes, highlighting the need for urgent reforms to simplify, equalize, and reduce the costs of the planning system.
- These reforms aim to ease planning burdens, improve financing access, and empower local councils to enforce deadlines, potentially accelerating housing delivery and supporting SMEs' vital role.
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Rayner plans more finance and looser rules for SME housebuilders – Mortgage Finance Gazette
Planning burdens for small housebuilders will be eased to allow them to build homes at a greater pace, the Deputy Prime Minister says. Angela Rayner adds that the housing department she leads has introduced new reforms across land and regulation, which are “backed by… The post Rayner plans more finance and looser rules for SME housebuilders appeared first on Mortgage Finance Gazette.
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