finances including using public corporation debt to finance the wave of new towns without any cost to the tax payer www.bennettschool.cam.ac.uk/blog/financing-infrastructure-without-unnerving-the-bond-market/ and an industrial strategy that places the onus on firms and sectors to draw up their

More than 20,000 homes proposed for Enfield 'new town' by government

Green Belt areas of both Crews Hill and 'Chase Park' recommended for "accelerated" development with construction set to start in four years
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Some great infographics in the new Radix Big Tent/Shoosmiths report on housing, published yesterday!

Newly updated and much enlarged UK Planning & Housing starter pack

Please share for new joiners in the sector. Starter packs are the easiest way to get going on Bluesky, allowing you to quickly follow a bunch of relevant people

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I hear there are very significant delays at land registry with registering transactions. Do any housing boffins know if this also effects ONS house price stats based on land registry data? We're talking 18+ months to register a sale...a material issue given standard method @resi-analyst.bsky.social?

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Source: Hall, P, et al, The Containment of Urban England, Volume Two - The Planning System: Objectives, Operations and Impacts. Allen & Unwin, 1973

Thanks to the RTPI Urban Design Network members that attended yesterday's lunchtime discussion of the Street Votes Development Order Consultation! Enjoyed chairing the session and hearing your insights.

Some brief reflections here:

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“Fancy a nice little street vote?”

“Of course you do. Look, I’ve got the keys to your new gaff right here….”

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