Planning slowdown affects UK BTR delivery
UK: New analysis from the British Property Federation (BPF) shows that construction in the BTR sector slowed during Q1 2024 due to significant planning delays.
UK: New analysis from the British Property Federation (BPF) shows that construction in the BTR sector slowed during Q1 2024 due to significant planning delays.
Recent 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.
Peter 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.
UK: Plans have been submitted for a 200-bed PBSA scheme on the site of Brigade House on Kirkstall Road in Leeds.
Ireland: Developer Lioncor is challenging a decision to refuse planning permission for its proposed BTR scheme on the former Terenure College playing fields in Dublin.
US: 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.
Ireland: 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.
UK: 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.