All Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities articles
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DLUHC confirms end of policy enabling councils to keep 100% of RTB receipts
Policy will end despite DLUHC asking the Treasury for an extension
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Speed of delivering levelling up projects has ‘not matched expectations’, admits top DLUHC official
First round of Levelling Up Fund spending has been extended to March 2025
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Withdrawal of West Berkshire’s local plan blocked by central government
The Lib Dem council administration, elected in May, wanted to develop a new local plan
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DLUHC targets 8,000 new homes through latest £80m brownfield funding pot
Local authorities encouraged to bid for funds to bring derelict sites back into use as part of government’s ‘brownfield first’ strategy
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Government to ban leaseholds for new-build houses - but flats exempt
Flats, which account for seven in 10 existing leasehold homes, won’t be included in leasehold ban, according to reports.
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Peter Freeman reappointed as chair of Homes England
Michael Gove appoints Argent founder to head up housing development quango for a further two years.
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Gove confirms no government funding for RAAC housing remediation
The housing secretary tells select committee chair that there is no additional funding for social landlords to manage RAAC risks
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Housing secretary upholds Oxfordshire council’s rejection of 350-home scheme
J T Leavesley’s application to build 350 homes and 80 extra-care dwellings refused due to concerns of ‘unsustainable’ growth in the area
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Maclean approves £60m in brownfield funding for 6,000 homes
Levelling Up department says 100 regeneration projects will receive a share of cash
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DLUHC unveils £1.1bn funding for ‘left-behind’ towns
Rishi Sunak announces list of 55 towns that will each receive £20m over 10 years
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Housing minister dismisses 250,000-home Cambridge expansion report as ‘speculation’
Rachel Maclean says ‘Silicon Valley of Europe’ idea reported in the Sunday Times is “not government policy”
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MPs warn Gove’s planning reforms could make housebuilding targets ‘impossible’ to hit
A cross-party committee of MPs has been reviewing plans to make planning targets advisory not mandatory
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Homes England put under government review
Tony Poulter will lead the review which forms part of the Public Bodies Review programme
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Gove intervenes in two more planning applications on design grounds after Berkeley Homes row
Following his attempt to block the Tunbridge Wells scheme, the housing secretary is set to make decisions on planning applications in Leamington Spa and Cheshire
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Government consults on rise in planning fees to help stretched departments
Government wants to raise fees by 35% for major applications and 25% for all other applications
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Help to Buy sales drop 11% in final full quarter of scheme
Buyers purchased 6,531 homes between 1 July and 30 September last year with the government equity loan scheme.
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Government dishes out £60m to regenerate brownfield sites in England
The brownfield site funding is expected to deliver 5,800 new homes by March 2027
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Fewer planning applications submitted and granted in England
Number of submissions to local authorities in third quarter of 2022 was the lowest for more than two years
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Rowley confirmed as minister for building safety
Former housing minister appointed to building safety and local government brief
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Rowley re-appointed as housing minister
Rowley returns to housing brief and Lucy Frazer joins ministerial team