Hard to get consent for new homes

Published 15th Dec 2009

It is easier to demolish a listed building than to gain consent for a new housing development, a study of planning approvals has found

Analysis of Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) data showed that two thirds of planning applications for residential developments were approved in the year to June 30, against 85 per cent of applications to demolish listed buildings.

Giles Ferin, of EMW Picton Howell, the law firm behind the study, said: “With such a shortage of houses in the UK it is surprising to see how difficult it is for developers to win planning permission for residential developments relative to other types of planning application.”

The DCLG figures show that planning applications to build industrial property have the highest rate of approval, at 91 per cent.

Source: ' Times '

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