Planning Ahead – Planning news, views and insight

This month: Land value capture reform, boost for garden communities, digging into the Social Housing Green Paper and is Right to Buy heading in the wrong direction?

Catch up on all the articles from our September newsletter:

• Government looks Onward to land value capture reform The government has been called on to consider radical reform of land value capture for communities in an open letter… Read more
• Garden communities set to bloom In a busy month, James Brokenshire has announced a new garden communities programme to provide tailored advice and potential grant funding … Read more  
• Social Housing Green Paper introduces League Tables and “springboard” Following months of delays and anticipation, a ‘new deal’ for social housing residents has been launched by the Secretary of State… Read more
• Is Right to Buy heading in the wrong direction? Just when it looked like ‘Voluntary Right to Buy’ was firmly buried in the long grass, James Brokenshire dug it out earlier this month and announced £200m to revive it as… Read more

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