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10 ways to boost housing output

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  1. Of all the constraints on housebuilding, lack of affordable land is number one, caused by the planning system.

    Over the last few years, the Government has pussy-footed around the system, eg – a few extra permitted development allowances; speeding up the decision-making process; reducing red tape generally. But all this is just tinkering with a fossilized and rigid system which is basically anti-development. Scrap Planning altogether, allow developers to build houses anywhere (including Green Belt) and the cost of land would plummet overnight.

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