Consultation to be held on permitted development rights for upward extensions

Sajid Javid calls for "use it or lose it" planning permissions and more compulsory purchase orders to dissuade developers from "land-banking"

Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick gave a lengthy

“Developers could increase the choice of design, size and tenure of new homes without impacting on the local market and therefore speed up the rate at which houses are built and sold”, argues an independent…