Opportunities & innovations in housing delivery

LGA Housing Conference21st March 2017

Henry Smith, Projects & Policy Manager, TCPA

@thetcpa @henrytcpa

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Presentation overview 1. Introduction to the TCPA2. Policy update3. Building homes together: report

and findings4. Next steps

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1. Introduction to the TCPA

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TCPA housing researchwww.tcpa.org.uk @thetcpa

2. Policy update

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Housing White Paper – what does it mean for housing delivery?• Viability test - unchanged• Definition of affordable housing• Commitment to work with

councils on options for increasing supply

• RtB on local authority housing companies

Policy update

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Housing White Paper – what does it mean for planning?• New Towns Development

Corporations• New strategic planning framework• Removes expectation for a single

local plan• Place making standards?• Higher planning fees• Standardised approach to assessing

housing requirements• Housing delivery test Full analysis: https://www.tcpa.org.uk/housing-

white-paper-2017

3. Building homes together

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Policy analysis

Identification of series of case

studies

• Urban/rural

• Across England

• Various scales

• Range of housing challenges

Case study structure

• Summary

• Housing and planning context

• How is it innovative?

• Lessons

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Summary of learning points

1) New housing models

• Councils playing a lead role through working

in partnership with developers to test new

models (Gateshead Regeneration Partnership)

• Local authority housing companies being

established (South Cambridgeshire District

Council)

3. Building homes together

• New affordable housing products are being trialled (Plymouth City

Council)

• Community land trusts being supported through s106 funds

(Northumberland County Council)

Image: Gateshead Regeneration Partnership

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2) Leadership for locally led growth

• New governance structures being

established to deliver on public sector land

(East Hampshire District Council)

• Building capacity and skills using central

government funding to resource on

section 106 agreements (Ashford Borough

Council)

3. Building homes together

• Establishing a community management organisation to put local

stewardship at the heart of high quality new development (Ashford

Borough Council)

Image: South Cambs District Council

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3) Planning and place making

• Holistic approaches to

placemaking through securing

infrastructure early on (East

Hampshire District Council)

• Bringing together strategies

into one plan (Plymouth City

Council)

3. Building homes together

• Setting up developer forums to feed in to local plan

process (Gedling Borough Council)

Image: Gateshead Regeneration Partnership

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4) Integrating health and housing

• Healthy New Towns (East

Hampshire District Council and

South Cambridgeshire District

Council)

• Affordable housing on rural

exception sites and partnership

working on the Cambridgeshire

Older People Accommodation

Strategy (South Cambridgeshire

District Council)

3. Building homes together

Image: South Cambs District Council

4. Next stepswww.tcpa.org.uk @thetcpa

Housing White Paper consultation

Changes to the NPPF

Will Local Authority innovation be supported?

Options available to councils to secure mixed tenure homes

4. Upcoming events

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• Launch of Building Homes: Creating Communities with

APSE in House of Commons, Committee Room 15: 23rd

May, 15.00 – 17.00

To attend email: alex.house@tcpa.org.uk

• How can councils secure the delivery of more

affordable homes? New models, partnerships and

innovations

Free regional seminars:

• 13th June, 12:30 – 16:00, TCPA, London

• 20th June, 12.30 – 16.00, Manchester Central Library

• 11th July, 12.30 – 16.00, Priory Street Centre, York

• 18th July, 12.30 – 16.00, Exeter Community Centre

More information and to book:

https://www.tcpa.org.uk/how-can-councils-secure-the-

delivery-of-more-affordable-homes

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Thank you

Henry Smith, Projects and Policy Manager, TCPA

@thetcpa @henrytcpa