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Richard Greenwood, director at EN:Build, believes that while Labour\u2019s pledges are bringing a well-needed surge in optimism to the construction industry, the danger of a promise without a plan cannot be overstated<\/h2>\n

Since securing a victory at the recent general election, Labour has come out of the gate swinging- promising transformative pledges for the construction industry.<\/p>\n

From building 1.5m homes utilising grey belt<\/a>, to creating a new generation of towns, Labour\u2019s ambitions only spell good news for the construction, housing and social housing industries.<\/p>\n

However, the devil is in the detail – something which is noticeably lacking, especially with Starmer\u2019s flagship planning overhaul.<\/p>\n

Overall, Labour’s construction pledges are heading in the right direction<\/h3>\n

Firstly, it\u2019s undeniably a good thing that there\u2019s so much focus on the property and construction sector in the national agenda. It\u2019s about time that the challenges we\u2019re facing are at the forefront of conversations with all the right people and I\u2019m impressed to see the vigour at which Labour has approached this.<\/p>\n

One of the prominent decisions was appointing Angela Rayner as secretary of state for housing, communities and local government. Having someone who has experienced first-hand social housing and really cares about making the stock available and of high-quality<\/a> for those families that need it, is essential to the radical social housing changes that are needed. How can you convincingly drive forward such drastic change that is required in this sector without having at least some compassion and insight into the challenges? Starmer has got this right.<\/p>\n

Furthermore, Labour\u2019s manifesto promises are full of optimism. In particular, an immediate revision of the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF)<\/a> is welcomed alongside reintroducing housing targets for local authorities and funding recruitment of much needed planning officers. But, I am sceptical of how all of these ambitions will be delivered.<\/p>\n

Recruitment and funding could pose significant obstacles<\/h3>\n

I\u2019m not the first to say that since the new government has stepped up there has been a distinct lack of detail added to the manifesto pledges. While on the surface most people would agree that a housing and planning revolution is needed, how we\u2019re going to achieve it and with what money is troubling me at the moment.<\/p>\n

For example, Labour has said it will fund the recruitment of 300 extra planning officers hoping these extra resources will combat some of the planning delays. However, we can\u2019t hire people that don\u2019t exist. By that I mean the industry doesn\u2019t have a pot of excess planners just waiting for roles, the issue goes right back to education and making it a viable and enticing route for young people, but this takes time. We need to know how the government is planning to do this and the timeframe.<\/p>\n

According to the Royal Town Planning Institute<\/a>, there are currently only 11 accredited apprenticeships in planning worldwide \u2013 we’re going to have to do better than that to solve the recruitment crisis.<\/p>\n

We also can\u2019t ignore the big question currently clouding Labour\u2019s pledges \u2013 money. We\u2019ve yet to see any financial support to back up these promises made and without clear routes to funding there will be people that struggle to get behind him as we\u2019ve been down this road before. I anticipate Starmer will reveal more on the funding in the Autumn Statement but unfortunately, that\u2019s just not soon enough. Delaying the details will be very damaging to the support Labour receives from the industry and acting now would go far in strengthening its position against doubters.<\/p>\n

Housing is focal- but cannot be the only focus point<\/h3>\n

To slightly contradict myself, while we do need details for delivering these pledges, we also can\u2019t lose sight of the big picture.<\/p>\n

Planning reform and housing targets are top priorities but what about highways and drainage? We can say we want to build 1.5m new homes and we\u2019re going to revolutionise the planning system to deliver this, but all these homes will need infrastructure and utilities. We\u2019ll need new roads to connect these houses to communities and it\u2019s not planners that look after that, it\u2019s the local authority highways departments. By putting so much emphasis on one aspect of the process, we\u2019re losing sight of all the cogs in the machine.<\/p>\n

Likewise, the skills gap isn\u2019t isolated to planning. There\u2019s a well-documented skills shortage<\/a> across the entire property and construction sector, which is only going to be exacerbated by new technologies being introduced such as air source heat pumps. We\u2019ll need the expertise and manpower to introduce these sustainable solutions at pace and that comes from training and education.<\/p>\n

Our approach needs to be joined up to see any of these plans succeed and we\u2019re all eager for a building boom but the supply chain has to be ready for one, otherwise it\u2019ll be a disaster before it’s even started.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s fantastic to hear everyone talking about house building positively for the first time in years, and I truly hope we can achieve what has been set out but until we have the plans to back the pledges I\u2019ll remain reserved about the realities we can expect.<\/p>\n

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