House Builders Association Newsletter 2026 – Issue 2
Matthew Pennycook, Minister for Housing and Planning, wrote to the Planning Inspectorate to clarify the use of Section 73 applications. This came alongside the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government’s releases of more practical planning guidelines over design and placemaking within planning. Also this fortnight, reforms to the water industry and the EPC regime.
Created: 26 January 2026
Last Reviewed: 26 January 2026
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A Year of Talk – but where are the houses? – CPS
309,600 net additional homes were delivered in England between the start of Parliament on 9 July 2024 and 11 January 2026 (MHCLG’s latest housing supply indicators – see The Market, below)
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