(3/3) It builds on Cheshire's contribution to SMF's 'Labour economics' essay collection, in which he goes into further detail about the missing ingredients of planning reform proposals. www.smf.co.uk/publications...
(2/3) according to Cheshire... 🎯Housing targets👍 ✖️but need to set higher targets in the least affordable housing areas 🏡Grey belt 👍 ✖️but other conditions mean it's hard to see many houses actually being built blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp...
Labour’s flagship policy when it comes to reforming the panning system is that of the “grey belt” – parts of the green belt that can, in principle, be built on. In the secon…
(1/3) "Our planning system is so fundamentally dysfunctional nothing short of radical reform can fix it." LSE economist Paul Cheshire examines Labour's planning reform proposals, finding that it falls short of the kind of changes the UK desperately needs. blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp...
Labour promised serious reforms to the planning system while in opposition. What it has proposed now that it’s in Government, including reforms to the National Planning Policy Framework, is v…
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