{"id":145246,"date":"2024-11-04T08:57:39","date_gmt":"2024-11-04T08:57:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=145246"},"modified":"2024-10-31T14:15:31","modified_gmt":"2024-10-31T14:15:31","slug":"measuring-the-economic-footprint-of-home-building","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/measuring-the-economic-footprint-of-home-building\/145246\/","title":{"rendered":"Measuring the economic footprint of home building"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>A new report from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hbf.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Home Builders Federation<\/a> measures the economic footprint of home building beyond the bricks and mortar<\/h2>\n<p>Debates around housebuilding are often characterised by a trading off of numbers but we rarely have the opportunity to step back and consider the wider benefits that development brings to a community and to the wider economy.<\/p>\n<p>The recently published <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hbf.co.uk\/policy\/economic-footprint\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Economic Footprint of Home Building<\/a> report by the Home Builders Federation quantified the various contributions that the home building industry makes each year, finding that the 240,000 homes built last year generated over \u00a353bn in economic activity and supported more than 800,000 jobs.<\/p>\n<p>With growth placed at the centre of the new government\u2019s plans and announcements during its first few months in office, it has been a relief to the industry that the role of<br \/>\nhome building in these plans has been sufficiently acknowledged.<\/p>\n<p>Hitting the government\u2019s 1.5m homes target over the next five years would generate a total of \u00a3330bn in economic activity and \u00a340bn in tax receipts for the Exchequer, as well as supporting over a million jobs each year.<\/p>\n<p>However, while the economic contributions and employment that the industry supports are headline grabbing, particularly in the context of the government\u2019s \u201cGrowth Mission\u201d, the various contributions to local communities that the report highlights are also central to<br \/>\nsupporting increases in housing supply.<\/p>\n<h3>Opposition to development<\/h3>\n<p>The biggest block to new homes being delivered over the last few years has been NIMBYism, both from local councils and the previous government \u2013 which manifested itself primarily as the removal of mandatory housing targets in the planning framework changes first proposed in December 2022.<\/p>\n<p>While there has been a change of direction from the new government and these changes have been reversed, the opposition to development still exists in many local authorities. The government has maintained that local democracy will still be important under the new planning system, and so the risks that NIMBYism pose to new housing could still have an impact.<\/p>\n<p>Often, this opposition is justified by the groups or councillors not as opposition to the homes themselves, but that the local community cannot cope with the increase in<br \/>\npopulation. However, as the report demonstrates, the building of new homes contributes millions of pounds to these facilities.<\/p>\n<p>On average, each local authority in England saw an increase of 740 homes last year. This equates to over \u00a32m in funding for new and improved schools, \u00a31.5m in additional council tax to fund local services and almost \u00a3700,000 in additional funding for local open spaces going to each council.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/government-warned-they-will-miss-housing-targets-by-a-third\/144549\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">If the government\u2019s housing targets are achieved<\/a>, the next five years will see each council receive an average of \u00a313m for schools, almost \u00a310m in council tax and more than \u00a34m<br \/>\nfor community open spaces.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, further recent research from HBF has found that some councils are not even spending the contributions that developers are making, with over \u00a38bn in infrastructure<br \/>\nreceipts from developers across England and Wales remaining unspent, including \u00a32bn allocated for education and \u00a3873m for social infrastructure.<\/p>\n<h3>Making the case<\/h3>\n<p>Already, some local authorities are resisting the government\u2019s proposed changes to the NPPF, with multiple councils, representing a range of parties, stating that reintroduced local housing targets are unrealistic and unfair. This gives licence to the resident groups that oppose planning applications, who echo the same concerns.<\/p>\n<p>The change of approach from Westminster towards planning reform is welcome, but if the government\u2019s housing ambitions are to be met, then the argument still needs to be won at a local level. NIMBYism will always exist to some extent, but some opposition could be won over if the economic and social benefits that new homes bring were being fully realised by local communities.<\/p>\n<p>HBF is calling for the government to implement greater responsibilities on local councils to ensure it is clear when and why infrastructure funded by developer contributions is being delivered and why it is delayed.<\/p>\n<p>Councils also need to be placed on a more sustainable footing to guarantee they have sufficient staff and other resources necessary for oversight and monitoring of developer contributions and for ensuring that planning departments are operating efficiently.<\/p>\n<p>If the government does not take steps to ensure this then housing delivery in certain areas of the country \u2013 often areas where demand is highest and affordability most constrained \u2013 will likely continue to face blocks, threatening wider housing ambitions.<\/p>\n<p>The first months of this government have been a positive start for the home building industry. 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