Sajid Javid's speech at the National Planning Policy Framework conference
The Housing Secretary announces the launch of a new planning framework that will deliver the homes the country needs.
Everyone remembers their childhood home.
Mine was the flat above the family shop.
With my parents 바카라 사이트� who had come to Britain from Pakistan with almost nothing 바카라 사이트� and my 4 brothers.
Nothing fancy, but an important rung on the ladder for our family.
I won바카라 사이트檛 lie.
It was a struggle at times, with the 7 of us sharing 2 bedrooms.
And my mum and dad 바카라 사이트� like so many immigrants before and since 바카라 사이트� working all hours to make our money go further.
But it was nonetheless a stable, loving home that gave us all a great start바카라 사이트�
바카라 사이트 start that바카라 사이트檚 undoubtedly the reason that I바카라 사이트檓 standing here today.
And I never forget that.
We didn바카라 사이트檛 have many luxuries, but I could count on having a safe, warm place to play 바카라 사이트� and fight! 바카라 사이트� with my brothers.
Do my homework. Enjoy family meals and fun times together.
I know how lucky I am.
And how, today, there are many families and other people who are not so fortunate.
Who are growing up without that strong foundation because, over the years, we바카라 사이트檝e simply failed to build enough homes.
The result 바카라 사이트� soaring house prices and rents 바카라 사이트� has effectively locked a generation out of the housing market.
Which is why 바카라 사이트� as the Prime Minister has just said - this government is taking urgent action on all fronts to turn this situation around.
Work that is starting to pay off.
Since 2010, we have delivered more than a million homes.
And thanks to your efforts, we바카라 사이트檝e seen 217,350 homes added to our housing stock last year.
The highest level of net additions in all but one of the last 30 years.
We바카라 사이트檝e also helped hundreds of thousands of people on to the housing ladder through Help to Buy.
We바카라 사이트檙e cracking down on rogue landlords, abuse of leaseholds, taking steps to make renting fairer and tackle homelessness through earlier intervention.
We바카라 사이트檙e working to encourage landlords to offer longer, family friendly tenancies.
We바카라 사이트檝e launched a new, more assertive national housing agency, Homes England.
And we are putting billions into affordable housing and delivering essential infrastructure through the Housing Infrastructure Fund.
But there바카라 사이트檚 still a long way to go to deliver 300,000 homes a year in England by the middle of the next decade.
Your role as planners and developers is absolutely vital in helping us get there.
I often say that local government is the frontline of our democracy.
If that바카라 사이트檚 true, then you, as planners, are in many ways the frontline of our housing challenge.
Informing crucial decisions that give the go ahead for new homes.
Ensuring that these are supported by the right infrastructure.
Doing the best for your local areas and creating, quite simply, great places to live.
Places that will still be here in a hundred years바카라 사이트� time as well-established and much-loved parts of the community.
So the part that you play in helping us turn the consultations we바카라 사이트檙e launching today바카라 사이트�
바카라 사이트� on the revised National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) and the reform of developer contributions바카라 사이트�
바카라 사이트nto more homes and stronger communities could not be more important.
These measures implement the planning policy reforms in:
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last February바카라 사이트檚 Housing white paper
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in the Planning for the right homes in the right places consultation in September
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those announced at Budget
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and some further reforms
And set out a bold, comprehensive approach for building more homes, more quickly, in the places people want to live.
Homes that embody quality and good design.
That people are happy to live in 바카라 사이트� and happy to live next door to.
Knowing that there바카라 사이트檚 the infrastructure to support them.
As we all know, this point about getting communities on board is vital if we바카라 사이트檙e to deliver homes at the scale and pace that바카라 사이트檚 needed.
So how are the proposed changes going to help us achieve this?
And what are they going to mean for you in practical terms?
I know that many of you have been keenly anticipating the answers to these questions.
And have wanted greater clarity and certainty, so that you can make a real difference in your communities.
And that바카라 사이트檚 exactly what our reforms deliver.
A simpler, more robust system that sets much clearer expectations 바카라 사이트� for local authorities and developers alike바카라 사이트�
바카라 사이트bout meeting your commitments 바카라 사이트� unlocking land, fulfilling planning permissions and providing essential infrastructure.
And a system that, frankly, tolerates fewer excuses for failures to deliver.
Starting first with the revision of the National Planning Policy Framework바카라 사이트�
This implements around 80 reforms announced last year.
There바카라 사이트檚 still quite a lot in there that you바카라 사이트檒l recognize, with a continued emphasis on development that바카라 사이트檚 sustainable and led locally.
But the changes it does propose are significant.
Offering councils flexibility to build more.
But also greater responsibility for really delivering for their communities.
Which means, firstly, working with your communities to get plans in place as quickly as possible바카라 사이트�
바카라 사이트o that development is dictated by what local people want and not by speculative applications.
In many ways, these proposals will make this process of putting together a plan much easier.
For the first time, all local authorities will be expected to assess housing need using the same methodology바카라 사이트�
바카라 사이트 big improvement on the current situation where different councils calculate housing need in different ways바카라 사이트�
바카라 사이트ith expensive, or time wasting consulting and opaque methodology.
I know that this issue 바카라 사이트� of how we establish what numbers of homes we need and where 바카라 사이트� has become muddied at times.
Ultimately, we must be guided by where people want to live.
And a standardized approach will help us do this 바카라 사이트� by establishing a level playing field and giving us a much clearer바카라 사이트�
바카라 사이트ore transparent understanding of where the need for housing is most acute.
Areas will also be able to agree a 5-year land supply position for a year바카라 사이트�
바카라 사이트educing the need for costly planning appeals involving speculative applications.
But perhaps one of the biggest shifts is a change in culture.
Towards outcomes achieved 바카라 사이트� the number of homes delivered바카라 사이트� rather than on processes like planning permissions
And as it becomes easier to make plans more streamlined and strategic바카라 사이트�
바카라 사이트his culture change will also encourage authorities to work together to meet their communities바카라 사이트� needs.
I know that many of you will already be doing this 바카라 사이트� and you are to be commended for it.
It바카라 사이트檚 now time for others to follow your example.
The standardised formula is a guide to planning the minimum number of homes that are needed.
But ambitious councils, who have clear and robust plans for growth, may want to plan for more.
Indeed, this kind of ambition is key to unlocking housing deals that support growth at a strategic level so that they바카라 사이트檙e not just delivering new homes but creating communities.
And it바카라 사이트檚 because we want to champion this ambition that we바카라 사이트檙e going further.
Councils will have much more scope to make the most of existing land, thanks to extra reform beyond those previously consulted on.
These include an even stronger drive for increasing density -particularly in areas where housing need is high바카라 사이트�
바카라 사이트nd supporting authorities to build upwards.
But not, I must stress, at the expense of quality 바카라 사이트� with high design standards that communities are happy to embrace remaining a priority.
You only have to look at mews street developments such as The Echoes in Thurrock and Goldsmith Street in Norwich바카라 사이트�
바카라 사이트r urban mansion blocks and traditional terraces to see that well-designed homes with high densities come in all shapes and sizes.
These reforms also include more flexibility to develop brownfield land in the Green Belt바카라 사이트�
바카라 사이트o meet affordable housing need where there is no substantial harm to the openness of the Green Belt.
Now I know that even the mention of the words 바카라 사이트淕reen Belt바카라 사이트� may cause some concern in some quarters.
This is about building homes on sites that have been previously developed 바카라 사이트� not about, in any way, undermining the Green Belt.
Our green spaces are precious and deserve our protection.
Which is why for example the government is delivering on its manifesto commitment to give stronger protection to ancient woodland.
Safeguarding assets that cannot be replaced for generations to come.
And ensuring that planning policies promote net gains for biodiversity, including strengthening networks of habitats.
So there are unprecedented opportunities here 바카라 사이트� to not only improve the environment, but to deliver the homes we need.
With ambitious planners and local authorities leading the way.
And with developers also stepping up 바카라 사이트� to help close the gap between planning permissions granted and homes built.
Knowing what contributions they바카라 사이트檙e expected to make towards affordable housing and essential infrastructure바카라 사이트�
바카라 사이트nd, vitally, knowing that local authorities can hold them to account.
Unfortunately, we all know of instances where developers make these promises and later claim they can바카라 사이트檛 afford them.
This is totally unacceptable.
It cheats communities of much-needed housing and infrastructure and gives new development a bad name.
Which is why we바카라 사이트檙e addressing this issue head on in our consultations, with proposals for reforms to the system.
These include a new approach to developer contributions 바카라 사이트� so that everyone is clear about what affordable housing and infrastructure will underpin new development.
More standardised viability assessments and greater transparency.
Leaving developers in no doubt of what바카라 사이트檚 expected to them
In no doubt that councils will hold them to their commitments.
And leaving communities in no doubt that that their needs will be met.
We will also be looking at what more we can do to support build out informed by Sir Oliver Letwin바카라 사이트檚 independent review바카라 사이트�
바카라 사이트nto the gap between planning permissions granted and homes built 바카라 사이트� which is due to report by this year바카라 사이트檚 Autumn Budget
And there바카라 사이트檚 the potential, over the long term, for more, significant reform of developer contributions.
And there are also other areas in which we바카라 사이트檙e ready to go further to take the delivery of housing up a gear.
Including a new permitted development right for building upwards to provide new homes.
Finding more effective ways of bringing agricultural land forward for housing.
And ensuring that swift and fair decisions are made at appeal.
That바카라 사이트檚 why I will shortly announce an end-to end review of the planning inquiries process.
This review will have one objective: to determine what it would take to halve the time for an inquiry on housing supply to be determined바카라 사이트�
바카라 사이트nsuring swift and fair decisions are made
So with a strong focus, throughout, we바카라 사이트檙e leaving no stone unturned to meet everyone바카라 사이트檚 housing needs.
Be that:
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implementing an exception site policy to help more people onto the housing ladder
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promoting Build to Rent
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giving older people a better choice of accommodation
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encouraging local policies for affordable homes catering for essential workers, such as nurses and police
So with all these tools at your disposal, there바카라 사이트檚 no time to lose in getting your plans in place and really delivering for your communities.
You바카라 사이트檒l have heard me express my frustration about some local planning authorities that are still lagging behind on this score.
I바카라 사이트檝e said it before and I바카라 사이트檒l say it again: these plans are absolutely key to helping us build the right homes in the right places.
So it바카라 사이트檚 vital that you get them in place quickly and keep them up to date to ensure that permissions turn into homes.
The alternative 바카라 사이트� speculative development and neighbourhoods that are poorly planned, lacking strong communities 바카라 사이트� is something that none of us want to see.
The truth is that, for too long, we바카라 사이트檝e failed to plan for the future.
To really get to grips with the number of homes we need.
Whether we바카라 사이트檙e building them in the places where people want to live.
Whether they바카라 사이트檙e of the right type 바카라 사이트� and serving the families, young people, older generations바카라 사이트�
And whether they바카라 사이트檙e of the right quality and in keeping with the local area.
We need to think big about the kind of communities we want to live in, not just now, but for years to come.
That changes today with the reforms we바카라 사이트檙e proposing to the NPPF and developer contributions.
Measures that raise the game in every regard to get Britain building as never before.
Starting this summer, when we바카라 사이트檒l begin implementing the new Framework.
Help us build a better system.
A system that ensures that everyone 바카라 사이트� councils, developers, local communities 바카라 사이트� knows where they stand.
Knows what바카라 사이트檚 expected of them.
And knows what they need to do to deliver the great homes and the stronger communities that the people of this country need and deserve.
Thank you.