Show Notes
In this episode, Paul talks to David Jones, the managing director of Evans Jones Planning and Property Consultancy. He has been working in planning for 30+ years. He and Paul look at how the planning system has evolved and is likely to look in the future. Including the impact recent changes are already having e.g. The National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) and Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG). As well as how the Housing Delivery Test (HDT) is likely to play out, particularly in the Green Belt. Paul also explains how his new software Viability enables developers to spot at a very early stage whether a site is viable or not. KEY TAKEAWAYS Whether a council is for or against development is still going to determine how easy it is to build. Those councils that have delivered less than 75% of the required housing over the last three years will be under the presumption to permit development umbrella. The HDT blows a hole in the idea that you can never build on Green Belt land, but the Golden Rules criteria, e.g. affordable housing, presents challenges. BEST MOMENTS“We're starting to see the first flurry of encouraging appeal decisions post the new NPPF.”“It is no longer inappropriate to develop in the Green Belt where there is no five-year supply, and that is an absolute game-changer.”“Any significant development scheme will always have dissenters. But it's how we deal with those and what we can do to publicise the benefits.” EPISODE RESOURCEShttps://www.evansjones.co.ukhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/david-jones-rtpi-rics-65b1053https://www.designreviewpanel.co.ukViability Software - https://viability.siteBNG episode - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a-practical-approach-to-bng-and/id1750859336?i=1000689091292 ABOUT THE HOST Paul Higgs is a Chartered Planning and Development Surveyor with 40+ years' experience in land, planning and development and a 100% success track record in winning planning consents.Paul undertook his first refurb project when he was just 17 and then worked his way up from labouring on building sites to becoming Head of Land for renowned plc housebuilder, Barratt Developments. He managed to escape the corporate world in 2002 to set up what is now a multimillion-pound award-winning property development company, Millbank Group. In 2013 Paul founded the Millbank Land Academy, the UK’s first training company dedicated to property development; to teach established and aspiring developers the insider secrets the big housebuilders don’t want you to know! Paul is also a founding investor and former board director of the industry-leading PropTech Co, LandTech, and has lectured on Advanced Development Valuations on the MSc Property Development at London South Bank University. CONTACT METHODLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-higgsMillbank Land Academy: https://www.millbanklandacademy.co.ukInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/paulhiggsofficialYouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@InsidePropertyDevelopment
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