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New minister to air views at HB05

1 Aug 2005

The new ministers for housing and for industry will both address housebuilders and suppliers at conferences during September’s major industry event, Housebuilding 2005.

Planning gain supplement could be used to fund infrastructure

1 Aug 2005

Housing minister Yvette Cooper has strongly hinted that the government plans to introduce the planning gain supplement (PGS) proposed by Kate Barker, partly as a means of plugging the infrastructure funding gap in the south east and other regions.

Government policies aim to make planning system market responsive

1 Aug 2005

The government has launched a raft of policies aimed at making the planning system more responsive to the market. The move has been welcomed by housebuilders, who have long argued that their ability to boost housing output is severely hampered by the syst

IPPR attacks Barker

28 Jul 2005