And there are political barriers to building on council owned land. Hackney councillors voted against a 22 Dwelling development on land they own at Wayman Court E8 1DN turning the car park into eight private homes and 14 social housing units. Essentially the councillors objected to having to allow the private housing as part of the development despite the proceeds being used to finance the social housing units. The clue comes from the objector escorted from the committee meeting shouting "£1 million homes, shame on you".
I don't understand why council's can't seem to leverage their one real advantage, which is that they can buy land at low values because it doesn't have planning permission but know for a fact that it will get it...
So this is Manchester City Council, not Greater Manchester (and it's the larger entity that had Andy Burnham as Mayor). 600,000 people (not 3 million) so about 1% of the UK population. In a very unscientific prediction, that would make 450,000 new homes nationally. Or a lot of new homes unless you had Green Councils in charge. 450,000 new homes would be pretty impactful in spite of your headline.
I think Oxford City for example has put an awful lot of effort into building on this sort of land in recent years so really I suspect it depends on the council.
Manchester City I think given their mayor and given his priorities is probably one of the better ones?
Also the more rural councils may well have more of this sort of land than the cities?
And there are political barriers to building on council owned land. Hackney councillors voted against a 22 Dwelling development on land they own at Wayman Court E8 1DN turning the car park into eight private homes and 14 social housing units. Essentially the councillors objected to having to allow the private housing as part of the development despite the proceeds being used to finance the social housing units. The clue comes from the objector escorted from the committee meeting shouting "£1 million homes, shame on you".
I think in that sort of case you do have to basically blame the council.
As per https://www.planningresource.co.uk/article/1966652/planning-authorities-perform-best-delivering-affordable-housing-– (you need a free account) Hackney is in the middle of the pack for building affordable homes. Tower Hamlets, Newham and Barking and Dagenham have done very well however - and Islington, Westminster, Dartford, Greenwich, Wandsworth and Southwark have also done well I’d say.
I don't understand why council's can't seem to leverage their one real advantage, which is that they can buy land at low values because it doesn't have planning permission but know for a fact that it will get it...
So this is Manchester City Council, not Greater Manchester (and it's the larger entity that had Andy Burnham as Mayor). 600,000 people (not 3 million) so about 1% of the UK population. In a very unscientific prediction, that would make 450,000 new homes nationally. Or a lot of new homes unless you had Green Councils in charge. 450,000 new homes would be pretty impactful in spite of your headline.
I think Oxford City for example has put an awful lot of effort into building on this sort of land in recent years so really I suspect it depends on the council.
Manchester City I think given their mayor and given his priorities is probably one of the better ones?
Also the more rural councils may well have more of this sort of land than the cities?