{"id":34805,"date":"2017-09-06T12:28:34","date_gmt":"2017-09-06T11:28:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=34805"},"modified":"2017-09-06T12:29:52","modified_gmt":"2017-09-06T11:29:52","slug":"fmb-praise-mayors-focus-small-sites-help-solve-housing-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/fmb-praise-mayors-focus-small-sites-help-solve-housing-crisis\/34805\/","title":{"rendered":"FMB praise Mayor&#8217;s focus on small sites to help solve housing crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>The London Housing Strategy\u2019s strong focus on bringing forward more small sites will help solve London\u2019s housing crisis by opening up the market to SME house builders, according to the Federation of Master Builders (FMB) London<\/h2>\n<p>Commenting on the draft <a href=\"https:\/\/www.london.gov.uk\/sites\/default\/files\/london_draft_housing_strategy.pdf\">London Housing Strategy<\/a>, published today, Barry Mortimer, Director of FMB London, said: \u201cIf we\u2019re to build the number of new homes Londoners need, we must urgently make much better use of the many existing small sites that are dotted all over London. In doing so, we will the strengthen the capacity of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/sme-house-builder-solution-housing-crises\/23351\">SME house builders<\/a> to build more new homes and perhaps even attract some new SME firms into the market. FMB research has consistently shown that a lack of available and viable <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/land-prices-reduced-affordable-housing\/29618\">land<\/a> is the main factor stunting the ability of small builders to deliver more homes. Indeed, over half of SME house builders believe that the number of small site opportunities is, if anything, decreasing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mortimer continued: \u201cWe therefore welcome strongly the Strategy\u2019s proposal for a presumption in favour of appropriate residential development on small sites, which goes further than proposed changes to national policy as laid out in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/housing-white-paper-solve-housing-crisis\/30692\">Government\u2019s Housing White Paper<\/a>. The \u2018Small Sites, Small Builders\u2019 programme will also link up public land owners with small builders, which could make accessing public land easier for small firms. We also welcome moves which will mean that less of the Community Infrastructure Levy is payable upfront on small sites. This will really help with cash flow for smaller builders and make the economics of small scale development slightly easier.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mortimer concluded: \u201cThe London Housing Strategy therefore marks a step forward in empowering smaller house builders in London. In order to reach the 50,000 new homes London needs to build each year, this renewed emphasis on small sites is vital. However, all such progress could be undermined if the Mayor fails to protect small sites from onerous levels of developer contributions. National planning guidance states that planning obligations should not be sought from developments of ten units or fewer, but implementation of this policy in London is patchy at best. Unless the Mayor, and London Boroughs, recognise the need to minimise burdens on the very smallest developments, SME builders will continue to struggle to enter the market.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"mk-custom-module-container\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The London Housing Strategy\u2019s strong focus on bringing forward more small sites will help solve London\u2019s housing crisis according to the FMB<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[304],"tags":[666,572,571],"stakeholder_rel_tag":[],"contributor_rel_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-34805","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-planning-construction-news","7":"tag-affordable-housing","8":"tag-housebuilding","9":"tag-housing-crisis"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.9 (Yoast SEO v26.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>FMB praise Mayor&#039;s focus on small sites to help solve housing crisis | Planning, Building &amp; 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