Reading Time: 5 minutesDespite the recent updates to the NPPF, the BTR sector is still being held back by obstacles in the planning system, says Andy Jones of Leaders Romans Group (LRG).
Reading Time: 4 minutesBTR has the potential to increase the quality and quantity of UK housing delivery, but planning policy is not keeping up with the sector’s evolution, says Emily Grapes of Carter Jonas.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: New analysis from the British Property Federation (BPF) shows that construction in the BTR sector slowed during Q1 2024 due to significant planning delays.
Reading Time: 4 minutesRecent changes to permitted development rights are welcome, but with the housing crisis worsening, the flexibility of the new Class MA should be extended further, says James Doherty of Boyer.
Reading Time: 2 minutesPeter Horgan, managing director of developer Grayling, has called on the Irish government to relax the ban on coliving planning consents to allow empty offices to be converted into shared accommodation.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Plans have been submitted for a 200-bed PBSA scheme on the site of Brigade House on Kirkstall Road in Leeds.
Reading Time: 2 minutesIreland: Developer Lioncor is challenging a decision to refuse planning permission for its proposed BTR scheme on the former Terenure College playing fields in Dublin.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUS: Bouldin Village, a proposed 375-unit apartment development, is about to become a case study for Austin’s recently updated vertical mixed-use development regulations.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteIreland: Housing minister Darragh O’Brien has announced plans to scrap a planning law which allows BTR developments to feature smaller units than schemes for private sale.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Liverpool City Council has said that coliving developments must adhere to residential policies set out in its newly adopted local plan, including minimum space standards.
