🔨 New planning rules will punish developers who delay building - but there's a catch. Under Angela Rayner's latest proposals, developers must now start on site or face penalties. Commit to a timeline. Report on progress. Deliver - or be fined. It’s bold. It’s needed. But there’s a real-world problem buried inside the policy: 🏗 What happens if the scheme includes Affordable Housing and the developer doesn’t yet have an RP lined up? You can’t just break ground on a block with 40% Affordable units, fingers crossed someone shows up to buy them later. That’s not risk - that’s recklessness. 🧠 The real solution? Upfront demand. Early-stage certainty. A place where developers and Affordable Housing Providers can connect, negotiate and commit - before a shovel hits the ground. That’s exactly why we built The Affordable Housing Network. ➡ Developers can list pipeline schemes early - even pre-planning. ➡ Affordable Housing Providers can register their interest, make offers, and complete deals through the platform. ➡ Everyone gets certainty, faster. It’s time we joined the dots between planning reform and practical delivery. Because it’s not enough to punish slow builders - we need to give them the tools to act faster and smarter. Check out our platform here - theaffordablehousingnetwork.com

Posted by Hayden Belcher at 2025-05-27 13:57:42 UTC