Whilst the shortage of new homes - and it's economic impact - has been talked about for a long time, it has proved politically challenging to make the necessary changes to the planning system to tackle it. But similar shortages are now beginning to spread throughout the economy. There is a desperate need for a whole range of new development from lab space to reservoirs, and much of it is being prevented by the planning system.
In his latest column for Housing Today our managing director, Paul Smith, explains why that might - at last- provide the political impetus to deliver the planning reforms we so desperately need.
