Those that do not produce schemes to speed up housing provision by 2017 could lose control of planning processLocal councils must produce plans to speed up the provision of housing by 2017 or risk losing control of their planning process,David Cameron will say as the government prepares to publish its much awaited housing bill.The legislation will contain measures requiring councils to sell off their most expensive properties and to allow housing organization tenants to buy their property. So far 82% of English councils have published local plans, which should set out how many homes they method to deliver over a set period, and but only 65% have fully adopted them and nearly 20% of councils do not have an up-to-date method at all.
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Source: theguardian.com