Campaigners are urging the government to abolish permitted development rights because 28,000 affordable homes have not been built since 2013. When developers convert office blocks to flats using ...

Ben Cooper is Research Manager at the Fabian Society. This year is make-or-break for the government’s target to build 1.5 million new homes. They will hopefully set out an agenda of sufficient ...

The government has announced it is widening controversial permitted development rights so developers can demolish empty buildings and replace them with new-build housing – without planning permission ...