Councils to have new tools to speed up development of derelict and underused land for new homes

Councils will have new tools to speed up development of derelict and underused land for new homes, Housing and Planning Minister Gavin Barwell has confirmed. Local authorities across the country will now have to produce and maintain up-to-date, publicly available registers of brownfield sites available for housing locally. The new registers will help housebuilders identify suitable brownfield sites quickly, promising to unlock land for thousands of new homes.

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