Road frontage no longer pays: Planning rules gut farmer site sales
Auctioneers reveal that the value of sites for one-off housing in rural Ireland has significantly dropped under stricter planning laws, with derelict houses now in high demand.
The first point to note about green belts is that they are not the same as countryside. Green belts are effectively defined 'belts' of land around main conurbations, such as London, Nottingham and Leeds, whose purpose is to limit development.
UK housebuilders very bad' at building houses, says wildlife charity CEO
Housebuilders are failing to meet the demand for new homes not due to planning laws, but because theyâre not effective at building homes, says Craig Bennett.