Planning

Planning at a national level in HBF deals primarily with the work of Communities and Local Government Communities contributing to the formulation and implementation of national planning policy.

 

Seeking to ensure that planning is used as a positive facilitator of change rather than a brake on development is at the forefront of the work of the HBF with central government.

 

As major stakeholders in the planning process, HBF represents the housebuilding industry on a number of working parties and steering groups producing good practice guidance and guides for both emerging and extant government policy.

 

In consultation with the membership through a national committee, the HBF ensures that regional views and issues are effectively represented at Central Government level.

 

In this important policy area, vital to the day to day work of our membership, HBF can make effective representations on behalf of the industry close to where those major policy decisions are being made.

 

The following links below from the Communities and Local Government (CLG) website may be of some interest: 

 

Building a Greener Future - Consultation Document

 

Consultation - PPS: Planning and Climate Change - Supplement to Planning Policy Statement 1

 

Barker Review of Land Use Planning Final Report - Recommendations

HBF are active on the national stage, on behalf of the industry, in a number of areas related to planning.

 

HBF have worked closely with a number of Government departments in the formulation and direction of policy-making including the CLG and HM Treasury.

 

HBF are members of the National Planning Forum  and have an active dialogue with a number of fellow trade federation including the BPF and CBI.

Over the past year, HBF have been addressing key planning issues with a number of organisations including the Planning Inspectorate, Housing Corporation and the CABE.

 

For further information, please contact:

Andrew Whitaker

Head of Planning

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