Delivering Housing Numbers in an Era of Localism

Delivering Housing Numbers in an Era of Localism

The scale of the problem

Labour Government requirement - 240,000 new homes a year

Achieved 2009/10 – 123,000Projected 2010/11 – under 100,000?

'The previous government's failed Soviet tractor style top-down planning targets were a terrible, expensive, time-consuming way to impose house-building’

The immediate impact

June 2010 – ‘The Federation believes the Government’s decision to allow councils to ignore the regional targets has resulted directly or indirectly in plans to build 84,150 homes being dropped’

September 2010 – ‘The Home Builders Federation last week claimed that plans for more than 100,000 homes have been scrapped since the letter was sent’

Tractor production in the Soviet Union:

1924 - 1,000 1934 – 200,000

Incentives

Community

consensus

Incentives

New Homes Bonus

Mr Shapps said: “An authority that ensured 10,000 new homes are put up could be in line for £100 million over six years.”

(Times 12 June)

The incentive package

Local Investment Plan

Local (Regional?) Enterprise Partnership

Community Infrastructure Levy?

Being involved matters

More people understand, more happy they are....even if they disagree

More they know the debate has been had – more they trust it

Design workshops – versatile modelOpportunity for a wider, deeper

local debate

Community consensus

democratic localism

involvement not veto

consensus not unanimity

Doing nothing is not an option

a policy vacuum will be filled by appeals

5 and 15 year land supply remains

underplan and the buck stops with you

On the hook of housing numbers

starting points?local

justificationstrategic

restraint and growth

the evidence base

Collaboration

KPOG / KHG working to build localism into a strategic agenda

Kent Housing Strategy – delivery document

Political debate about working together to test options/ impacts and plan infrastructure

Stronger community level debate

Infrastructure delivery

Infrastructure cost planningPhased infrastructure delivery

scheduleInfrastructure provision embedded in

planning strategiesViability testing of private sector

contributions – CIL or strategic tariffShort/ medium term delivery plans –

LIPs