Company Tag: Aston Mead
Planning Reform & Levelling Up: What is the government planning to do this year?
Last year's "radical" Planning Bill is long gone, replaced with watered-down reforms that promise local referenda on planning decisions and a few other tweaks.
‘This is the worst planning environment we’ve had to face in a generation’
A "toxic combination of factors" has created the "worst planning environment in a generation", says Aston Mead boss Adam Hesse, as local authority plans are delayed yet again...
Aston Mead expands with West Country outpost
"Overwhelming demand for housing in the South West" has prompted Surrey land agency Aston Mead to move into the region.
Pass on the parcel: End the sale of ‘pipe dream’ land
Aston Mead's Land & Planning Director Adam Hesse is calling for ban on the sale of "pipe dream" parcels of land to naïve investors who hope to build homes on them.
Why the Government’s planning reforms are not all they seem…
Expectations around the Government’s ‘radical’ new reforms were high, but on closer inspection they remind Adam Hesse of the story of the Emperor’s New Clothes...
Small site planning delays are stalling the engine of UK development
Unacceptable delays - sometimes lasting a year or more - are forcing individual building projects to be abandoned, slowing UK development, and putting small and medium-sized firms out of business, says…
Why viability studies are often not viable
A system which enables councils to charge developers twice for studies into the viability of their building projects is unfair, causes months of delays, and discriminates against SME companies, says Charles…
Why is the government sidelining SMEs in the battle to build more homes?
In almost every other sector apart from construction, nimble and hungry start-ups have provided the ideas and talent to drive growth, says Adam Hesse...
New affordable housing rules ‘will sound the death knell for many SME developers’
A change to the rules on affordable housing for smaller sites would have a devastating effect on the very business the Government is trying to support, warns Adam Hesse, Director at Aston Mead Land & …
New test to help creatures great and small
Developers rejoice as Natural England comes up with a simple way to identify the presence of great crested newts on sites earmarked for housing
Why site sharing could be the key to freeing up the UK’s brownfield land
Top land broker puts forward an innovative solution for increasing supply...
Why the UK’s villages should take the lead in house building
If 30,000 villages built 5-10 houses each, we'd have alot more houses, says top land broker...