Briefings and responses

Councils are committed to working with Government and developers to meet the Government’s aspirations of 300,000 new homes per year, with land for more than 2.6 million homes allocated in Local Plans.

Councils are supportive of Build to Rent and recognise the important role that it can play in delivering much needed high quality market rented housing.

Councils are committed to ensuring new homes are built and communities have quality places to live. It is vital that these are delivered through a locally-led planning system with public participation

In the previous two years of the Housing Advisers Programme, we have funded over 100 councils to help councils build homes, reduce homelessness, plan for population ageing, understand the student housing market and increase supply of modular housing.

Early projects have already raised £164 million in capital receipts, reduced running costs by £24 million, created 5,745 jobs and released land for 3,336 homes.

This letter details what RAAC is, its dangers, and the immediate actions that councils can take.

A summary of the key developments for local government on Neighbourhood Planning and Local development documents.

Neighbourhood Planning Bill, House of Lords, Second Reading, 17 January 2017 Key messages

The Bill cannot come soon enough as our broken building safety system needs reforms to be enshrined in tough new legislation. Residents have a right to be safe and to feel safe in their own homes, and the construction industry and those with legal duties now need to deliver the cladding remediation work required.

This LGA briefing provides a summary of the NPPF consultation proposals likely to be of most interest to local authorities.