Planning - largely because of the cruel growth in the unaffordability of housing - has risen up the political agenda. Reforms are urgently needed to allow more homes to be built, but change is notoriously difficult. Ahead of an LSE public event next month, Paul Cheshire analyses the chances of the latest proposals from the Labour Party kickstarting a new wave of housebuilding.

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15 November 2023

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LSE British Politics and Policy

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https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpolicy/planning-may-be-a-political-hot-potato-but-radical-reform-cannot-wait/

This Blog is published under the centre's Urban programme, Neighbourhoods programme, Neighbourhoods programme.

This publication comes under the following theme: Amenities, What determines urban growth and urban decline and what should be the role of policy?, Housing