By the time Persimmon's tanks rolled on to Home Farm they were running out of time to implement the planning permission granted in the mid 2000s. If you don't do it in five years you are scuppered. Use it or lose it. Of course after an embryonic road system, some drains and two houses they packed up and went away again. So after several years of not much happening you wonder, where their planning permission stands?
Well Nick Boles, Housing Minister has been thinking along the same lines according to the Daily Telegraph. He points out that developers should not be hoarding land against some rise in house values.
I'm sure I could find plenty of other things to disagree on with Mr Boles but I think this is one where we could split the difference.
He said the Coalition had scrapped a temporary measure introduced by the previous Labour government "which allowed developers to roll forward their planning permissions" and added:
"This ending of the measure will increase the incentive for developers to start on site before permission expires."
The change was condemned by the Institute of Directors as an attempt to “undermine the ability of developers to complete projects”.
Well, we shall see.
Following the planning OK for Central Motors I firmly expect it to be finished and up and running before another Home Farm home goes up.
See the full story at Daily Telegraph
Well Nick Boles, Housing Minister has been thinking along the same lines according to the Daily Telegraph. He points out that developers should not be hoarding land against some rise in house values.
I'm sure I could find plenty of other things to disagree on with Mr Boles but I think this is one where we could split the difference.
He said the Coalition had scrapped a temporary measure introduced by the previous Labour government "which allowed developers to roll forward their planning permissions" and added:
"This ending of the measure will increase the incentive for developers to start on site before permission expires."
The change was condemned by the Institute of Directors as an attempt to “undermine the ability of developers to complete projects”.
Well, we shall see.
Following the planning OK for Central Motors I firmly expect it to be finished and up and running before another Home Farm home goes up.
See the full story at Daily Telegraph
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