100,000 new council houses

glasshouse

Member
Location
lothians
I do understand. Your disagreement is JC may acquire your land for say agricultural value and then the state build on it, denying you the uplift in value conveyed by society granting a permission to build. I am just musing as to who should benefit from societies desire to build and to grant a permission to build.

Interesting. And as Cmate says migh be a vote winner with generation rent.
that's what clement Attlee did in 1945, compulsory purchase at AG value for council housing
 

Henarar

Member
Livestock Farmer
Location
Somerset
If they want to build lots of houses but don't want to pay much for land for building then do away with building restrictions then all the land would only be worth ag vale anyway. Its in the would be governments hands or are they just after making the money themselves the greedy buggers
 

Still Farming

Member
Mixed Farmer
Location
South Wales UK
If they want to build lots of houses but don't want to pay much for land for building then do away with building restrictions then all the land would only be worth ag vale anyway. Its in the would be governments hands or are they just after making the money themselves the greedy buggers
O build on brown field or waste land areas ?
 

Rowland

Member
You can ,but mot when the public services do it
Yes it would take twice (or more) to build them the Materials would be expensive as when put out for quotes it would go to an unexpectedly more expensive company but for some cock and bull reason ( back hander of some description ) . Mountains of pointless paper work pushed around Various council departments for no reason whatsoever all adding to the costs .
 

Cider drinker

Member
Mixed Farmer
Location
Dorset
Biggest problem is lack of new affordable housing around here. Developers gain permission for houses with a minimum of 20% affordable homes then argue the toss with planners and have this reduced to 10%, citing increased costs. The problem is the greed of these developers , why not just pay less for the land, knowing full well that they have to build the approved% of affordable homes. Also plenty of brown field sites, however the developers deem these as unattractive for new development.
And if you think the Duchy of Cornwall and prince Charles are conçerned about affordable homes think again,
What's the average house price in Poundbury?

The average price for property in Poundbury stood at £380,381 in November 2019. This is a rise of 1.62% in the last three months (since August 2019) and rise of 0.59% since 12 months ago. In terms of property types, flats in Poundbury sold for an average of £248,366 and terraced houses for £392,424. This is according to the current Zoopla estimates.
 

fudge

Member
Arable Farmer
Location
Lincolnshire.
Biggest problem is lack of new affordable housing around here. Developers gain permission for houses with a minimum of 20% affordable homes then argue the toss with planners and have this reduced to 10%, citing increased costs. The problem is the greed of these developers , why not just pay less for the land, knowing full well that they have to build the approved% of affordable homes. Also plenty of brown field sites, however the developers deem these as unattractive for new development.
And if you think the Duchy of Cornwall and prince Charles are conçerned about affordable homes think again,
What's the average house price in Poundbury?

The average price for property in Poundbury stood at £380,381 in November 2019. This is a rise of 1.62% in the last three months (since August 2019) and rise of 0.59% since 12 months ago. In terms of property types, flats in Poundbury sold for an average of £248,366 and terraced houses for £392,424. This is according to the current Zoopla estimates.
That’s the problem. The private sector doesn’t have the capacity to provide affordable homes. Successive governments have had decades to sort out Thatcher’s blunder, they have left it to piecemeal private development which cannot deliver the required homes. Corbyn is right on this, it is time for action.
 

bobk

Member
Location
stafford
That’s the problem. The private sector doesn’t have the capacity to provide affordable homes. Successive governments have had decades to sort out Thatcher’s blunder, they have left it to piecemeal private development which cannot deliver the required homes. Corbyn is right on this, it is time for action.

Thatchers blunder ? ...... selling council houses ? won her 3 elections
 

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