An admission by private sector volume house builders that we should not be delivering the social and affordable homes so badly needed via a system that depends on private sector volume house builders

⭐ The public trusts community organisations most to deliver positive change locally. But they think government trusts itself most. That mismatch matters.

Evidence shows #neighbourhoodplanning delivering more not less development than Local Plans as well as protecting the things that matter to local communities but not recognised by local authority planners

Striking conclusions which should refocus minds on improving our towns and cities rather than sprawling over the countryside

Read on and spot the flaw - money flowing to local authorities and not direct to communities. A recurring blind spot that equates the two and fails to recognise the despair so many communities have with local as well as central government