바카라 사이트 backs SME builders to get Britain building
Smaller housebuilders to benefit simpler rules with new reforms across land, regulation and finance.
- Smaller housebuilders to benefit from simpler rules and faster decisions as full plans to modernise planning committees unveiled聽
- New reforms across land, regulation and finance backed by cash-boost to help SME housebuilders build the houses we need 聽
- Supports the government바카라 사이트檚 Plan for Change milestone of delivering 1.5 million homes, creating new jobs and driving economic growth in every region
Thousands of homes will be built faster on smaller sites across the country as complex聽planning rules are streamlined, onerous regulatory burdens eased, and financial firepower is provided to SME builders.聽
The current system makes it far too difficult for smaller builders to get spades in the ground 바카라 사이트� with a small site of 10 homes jumping through the same planning hurdles as one with 100 or more. 聽
Smaller firms, which provide local jobs and train eight out of 10 construction apprentices, have seen their market share shrink since the 1980s, when SME builders delivered 40% of the country바카라 사이트檚 homes. 聽
Today바카라 사이트檚 changes will help turn this around, driving up competition across the sector and helping deliver the Plan for Change milestone of 1.5 million homes, so more working families and young people can achieve the dream of homeownership.
Today바카라 사이트檚 proposals include:聽
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Faster decisions for small sites: Minor developments of up to nine homes will benefit from streamlined planning and eased Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) requirements, with faster decisions being taken by expert planning officers, not planning committees;聽
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A new 바카라 사이트榤edium site바카라 사이트� category: Sites between ten to 49 homes will face simpler rules and fewer costs 바카라 사이트� including a proposed exemption from the Building Safety Levy and simplified BNG rules, making it easier to deliver biodiverse habitats on these sites, delivering a win-win for nature and development;聽
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More land and financing options for SMEs: Homes England will release more of its land exclusively to SMEs, and a new National Housing Delivery Fund to be confirmed at the spending review will support long-term finance options, such as revolving credit facilities and lending alliances. 聽
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A new pilot to unlock small sites for SMEs: the Small Sites Aggregator will bring together small brownfield sites that would otherwise not have been developed, and attract private investment to build new social rent homes and address temporary accommodation challenges. Building on a model developed by Lloyds Banking Group바카라 사이트檚 Social Housing Initiative, the Small Sites Aggregator will be trialled this year with input from Bristol, Sheffield and the London Borough of Lewisham and with the support of their regional authorities. This will help tackle the housing shortage, address unviable small plots of land, and create local jobs supporting the government바카라 사이트檚 Plan for Change.
Deputy Prime Minister and Housing Secretary, Angela Rayner said:
바카라 사이트淪maller housebuilders must be the bedrock of our Plan for Change to build 1.5 million homes and fix the housing crisis we바카라 사이트檝e inherited 바카라 사이트� and get working people on the housing ladder. 聽聽
바카라 사이트淔or decades the status quo has failed them and it바카라 사이트檚 time to level the playing field.聽
바카라 사이트淭oday we바카라 사이트檙e taking urgent action to make the system simpler, fairer and more cost effective, so smaller housebuilders can play a crucial role in our journey to get Britain building.바카라 사이트�
Full details are being set out today for the modernising of planning committees 바카라 사이트� ensuring elected councillors focus on the most significant proposals and larger developments rather than small-scale projects or niche technical details, while more faster decisions are made by expert trained planners. 聽
Under these plans,聽once a development has been agreed in principle technical details won바카라 사이트檛 keep going back and forth to committees - accelerating housebuilding and saving council planning departments time and money.聽
Further support announced today for local builders includes:
- 拢100 million in SME Accelerator Loans to help smaller firms to grow and invest using part of the 拢700 million extension to the Home Building Fund announced in December.聽
- 拢10 million for councils to fund more specialists to speed up environmental assessments, getting spades in the ground faster.聽
- A 拢1.2 million PropTech Innovation Fund to support innovation in small site delivery, for example through use of new data tools.
It comes as the government unveiled its plans to train up to 120,000 new apprentices, including within construction 바카라 사이트� ensuring the industry has what it needs to get building.
The wide-ranging package for SMEs today builds on the government바카라 사이트檚 planning overhaul so far, with the new National Planning Policy Framework alone expected to drive housebuilding to its highest level in over 40 years and add 拢6.8 billion to the economy by 2030.
CEO of Lloyds Banking Group, Charlie Nunn said:
바카라 사이트淲e strongly welcome the government바카라 사이트檚 announcement today that it will pilot the Small Sites Aggregator in Bristol, Sheffield and Lewisham.聽
바카라 사이트淭hrough the Social Housing Initiative, we바카라 사이트檙e proud to have helped ignite this innovation in housing development and finance 바카라 사이트� unlocking the small, brownfield sites in our communities which are lying empty yet have immense potential to provide good quality homes in our towns and cities.聽
바카라 사이트淭his exciting partnership between the public and private sectors will increase investment at pace into the new, genuinely affordable homes that are needed across the UK.바카라 사이트�
Head of External Affairs at the Federation of Master Builders, Jeremy Gray said:
바카라 사이트淭his is a big change for the planning system and one that acknowledges the hardships faced by SME house builders over the last few decades, which have resulted in their decline. The UK바카라 사이트檚 small house builders stand ready to deliver the homes Britain needs, but the planning system has stifled their growth.
바카라 사이트淭he FMB has long called for reform to the planning system to support SMEs, and so the decision to streamline requirements on sites of up to nine homes, alongside faster decision making is a positive step. The medium site designation will also be welcomed by members as it reduces planning hurdles, enabling them to scale up their businesses.바카라 사이트�
CEO of Pocket Living, Paul Rickard said:
바카라 사이트淔or the first time in many years, we바카라 사이트檙e seeing clear signals that an administration recognises the critical role SME housebuilders play in tackling the housing crisis. We바카라 사이트檙e delighted to see several of the recommendations we바카라 사이트檝e worked with the 바카라 사이트 on reflected in today바카라 사이트檚 announcements.
바카라 사이트淪MEs can be disproportionately affected by policy and support targeted specifically at SMEs will help to reverse the decline of our sector, help level the playing field, and once again make SMEs the backbone for high quality local housing delivery across the nation.바카라 사이트�
Chief Executive of Greencore Homes, Jon Di Stefano said:
바카라 사이트淪implifying the planning process and introducing more targeted land and funding opportunities for SME housebuilders should have a transformative effect for housing delivery, not just in terms of volume but quality and sustainability too.바카라 사이트�
바카라 사이트淎s someone that has made the jump from a larger housebuilder to an SME, I have seen firsthand how attracting diversity of scale to the housebuilding industry creates more innovation and a broader mix of tenures. Like many smaller developers, Greencore wants to build more and we are passionate about increasing delivery of our low energy, low carbon homes which are quicker to build, healthier for people to live in and designed with nature and wildlife in mind.바카라 사이트�
바카라 사이트淯nfortunately, delays in the planning process have slowed down how quickly we can deliver these homes to date. We fully support these measures that will unlock smaller sites and help SME housebuilders to flourish and play their part in increasing housing delivery to meet the government바카라 사이트檚 targets.바카라 사이트�
Chief Executive of the National Federation of Builders, Richard Beresford said:
바카라 사이트淚n 2018, NFB helped write the NPPF policies on small and medium sized sites and since that time, lobbied for a 바카라 사이트楳edium바카라 사이트� sized definition of between ten and 50 homes. We are incredibly grateful to the government for considering our recommendation because SMEs don바카라 사이트檛 just deliver organic growth on infill, brownfield and within communities, but are the competition, workforce capacity and innovation that keeps housebuilding and construction industry healthy.聽
바카라 사이트�바카라 사이트s have always spoken strongly about helping SME builders but action has been thin on the ground. By acknowledging that many SMEs build on sites of between ten and 50, the 바카라 사이트楳edium바카라 사이트� sized site definition creates an opportunity to help them directly. This is the strategic step that SMEs desperately needed, and we thank the government for working with and listening to industry.바카라 사이트�
Managing Director of Kingswood House, Paul Jones said:
바카라 사이트淎s an SME house builder who started in 2009 by delivering four homes a year, we have managed to grow to deliver nearly 150 homes a year in 2025-6. Our growth has been supported by Homes England and the Home Building Fund which has been instrumental in helping us to achieve this.聽
바카라 사이트淲e are really pleased to see this 바카라 사이트 realising the importance of SME housebuilders in the industry. The barriers to entry for SME house builders are incredibly challenging and often impossible to overcome.聽
These much needed changes will really help us and other SME house builders to deliver to our full potential, which in turn will help the government to achieve their target of 1.5m new homes in the next four years.바카라 사이트�
Further information:
The government has published a new working paper on planning thresholds for small and medium housing sites. 聽
The government has also launched a consultation reviewing Biodiversity Net Gain for minor, medium and brownfield development. This will be open for 8 weeks. 聽
As part of the Planning and Infrastructure Bill, the government is also launching a new consultation on reforming planning committees and their role in the planning process. This consultation includes detailed proposals for a national scheme of delegation which would direct the majority of minor and technical applications to planning officers, freeing up committees to consider the most complex and controversial by categorising applications into Tier A or B. Tier A applications will go to officers, while Tier B applications have the ability to be considered by committees if necessary. It will be open for 8 weeks. 聽
The Home Building Fund is administered by Homes England and is designed for SME housebuilders in England that are struggling to access loans from traditional lenders. Last year the government announced a 拢700 million extension to the Fund.
The new National Housing Delivery Fund will provide a range of funding tools to support SMEs, including support for revolving credit facilities. Further details will be announced at the Spending Review.
This government has also launched a 拢1.2m PropTech Innovation fund to inject innovation into small site delivery. Examples of potential solutions include the use of data and tools to provide certainty on future infrastructure capacity for SME housebuilders, meaning they can make the case for investment easier.聽
The government is making available a further 拢10m this financial year to help local planning authorities implement BNG, on top of 拢35m provided in previous years.聽
The government is also announcing today that it will consult on how we apply BNG for Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects (NSIP) to provide consistent regulations for developers - many of them who are already delivering biodiversity gains at scale.聽 Measures will be in place from May 2026.