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Developers welcome brownfield land proposals

29 Jan 15 Government proposals to ease the way to get planning permission for building on brownfield sites have been welcomed by property developers.

The Department for Communities and Local Government has published a consultation which will examine how proposals to put local development orders in place for 90% of brownfield land by 2020 might work in practice.

The British Property Federation (BPF) has long championed the use of brownfield land for development, and has called on government to encourage local authorities to plan for brownfield land in their area. It has therefore welcomed the consultation as an important step to delivering new homes and ensuring that local authorities maintain an up-to-date five-year housing land supply. 

The BPF said that it would like to see local authorities use local development orders to create areas of mixed use, rather than just use them to meet housing targets.

Chief executive Melanie Leech said: “We need to deliver a huge number of new homes if we are to solve the current housing crisis, and encouraging development on brownfield land has an important part to play in this. We are slightly concerned that, as local authorities are so lacking in resources right now, it is going to be difficult for them to implement this policy, but look forward to working out the detail with government to iron out the detail. We hope that this policy will lead to positive planning in the right areas, to create sustainable, mixed-use developments where people can work, live and play.”

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