Barker Review two years on London Kate Barker
Barker Review: two years on London Kate Barker 23 February 2006
Timeline Review: - Announced: April 2003 - Interim report: December 2003 - Final report: March 2004 Responses: - CSR July 2004 - Other consultations - Full response December 2005 - PGS consultation - Infrastructure review - CSR July 2007
Key issues for Review • Supply responsiveness • Use of market signals • Better incentives - planning authorities - developers - communities
Government response • Comprehensive – addresses most recommendations • Supported by two key studies: - Affordability • price/supply relationship • cycles and trends - Sustainability • people, not homes • location/type dependent
Housing additions - England Source: ODPM.
Responsiveness/market signals • Draft PPS 3 - stresses flexibility - more account of market - five year land supply - retain brownfield priority - density target - guidance on mix? • Affordability objective - CSR 2007 - National or regional?
Incentives • Merger of RHB/RPB • Local authority finance • Planning-gain supplement - Communities (infrastructure) - Developers (certainty? )
Social/intermediate • More social rented supply - CSR 2004 and 2007? • Intermediate - apparent rising need - types of market failure - role of BTL
Housing stock by tenure Source: ODPM.
Summary • Process, not event • Potential better responsiveness - are incentives right? • Social housing - more to come? • Intermediate market - is role clear?
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