BRIDGING & COMMERCIAL MAGAZINE - THE PLANNING AND REFURB ISSUE - ROUNDTABLE WITH CARL GRAHAM
23.08.23
In a bid to improve the planning system, the secretary of state for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Michael Gove recently launched a consultation for a revamped National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF). Should this go ahead, it would constitute the third change since the framework was first introduced in 2012.
“There are so many sites stuck on our pipeline at the moment that should have been delivered in spring but they don’t even have a spade in the ground.”
This is the reality for many property developers and development finance lenders that are suffering due to the long planning delays.
With the lack of available land, #nutrientneutrality hindering developments in many areas, and cash-strapped local authorities not having enough resources, it's safe to say that there's a lot of work to be done to fix the planning system. But could the new National Planning Policy Framework solve these issues?
For the latest issue of the B&C Magazine, we gathered seven industry experts—Robert Brooks, partner at Seddons; Adrian Cormican, director at Hallcroft Finance; Callum Ferguson, head of business development at Clearwell Capital Limited; Carl Graham, regional director at Tuscan Capital Limited; Katy Katani, director at CapitalRise; Alyson Jones, director at Boyer; and Adas Rico Wojtulewicz-Richmond, head of housing and planning policy at the National Federation of Builders (NFB)—to discuss the current pain points in the planning process, and whether these proposed changes can alleviate them.
Read the full cover story in Bridging & Commercal Magazine.
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