Richborough Chief Executive Paul Campbell talks all things planning in the latest edition of Property Week.
With residential planning applications taking nearly three times long to determine than in 2014, Paul discusses the reforms that are needed to help the government meet its ambition of building 1.5 million new homes by 2029.
Takeaways include:
- Land promoters are responsible for more than half of major residential planning permissions
- Richborough is aiming to submit applications for at least 12,000 homes in 2025, up from 7,300 in 2024
- The government must be bold in introducing statutory NDMPs [national development management policies] that could make planning decisions speedier and more predictable
- The new ‘grey belt ‘ concept is a game-changer
- Richborough is progressing sites within the Greater London boundary for the first time in our history