SME house builders call for medium-sized site definition to exclude ‘area’ thresholds
Smaller builders are calling for the government to remove the one-hectare threshold for theproposed medium-sized plot definition of ten to 49 homes. Deputy prime minister Angela Rayner announced the new medium sized definition in a planning reform working paper released at the end of May in a move to support smaller housebuilders. However, the inclusion of a one-hectare area limit is problematic for SMEs who typically operatein less densely populated areas than London, the southeast and big cities such as [...]