TCPA publish white paper to transform housing delivery

The Town and Country Planning Association (TCPA) have published a white paper, "Our shared future" which sets out the practical steps the government must take to transform housing delivery.

The paper outlines two core elements, which are:

• firstly, the National strategic growth through large-scale new settlements; and
• secondly, local strategic growth in smaller new, renewed, and expanded communities.

The first core element has given the government ten key steps that they must address for the programme to be a success which are:

• Step 1: A national vision for new communities;
• Step 2: A national spatial plan for growth and renewal;
• Step 3: A built environment work force and supply chain plan;
• Step 4: Deciding the scale, number and location of new settlements;
• Step 5: Modernising delivery bodies;
• Step 6: Supporting local government;
• Step 7: The designation process;
• Step 8: Financing the new settlements;
• Step 9: Defining the operations of the Development Corporation;
• Step 10: Embedding legacy and stewardship.

The second core element states that the government "has a crucial role to play in providing the confidence and certainty to enable local action. This requires a fairer balance of the financial and political risks between local and national government. Developing a comprehensive support programme for local strategic growth is essential."

Fiona Howie, chief executive at the TCPA, commented on the paper: "As the government has repeatedly stated, our current housing development model is badly broken. Yet our report reveals that we have all the technical solutions to the housing crisis at our disposal. What we need is the political will to deliver the sustainable, affordable, and net-zero communities that are so desperately needed."

For more information, see:

• Our shared future