TCPA proposes plan for "Developing in a Downturn"

Leading planning and housing charity, the Town and Country Planning Association (TCPA) is to set out an ‘Agenda for Action’ on ‘Developing in a Downturn’ and ‘Planning for the Upturn’.

The TCPA has produced a ten point draft discussion document calling for councils and housing associations to join forces to act as planner-developers to deliver homes in the recession.

“We must acknowledge that the old model of housebuilding is broken. The reality is that people delivering development now will be in the public or voluntary sector.

Local authorities with partners such as Housing Associations will be the new planner-developers and ventures such as local housing companies (LHCs) should be backed because the private sector will take time to recover from the recession.” TCPA Chief Executive Gideon Amos OBE

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