In a major boost for communities across the country, the government has confirmed changes to planning rules, including turbocharging charging growth with new, mandatory targets for councils to ramp up housebuilding across the country.
The planning overhaul seeks to tackle the chronic housing shortage using a new method of calculation, the Indicative Local Housing Needs (opens new window). This sees growth targets rise from 300,000 to 370,000 homes a year from five years to six years but is silent on housing for an ageing population.
