House Builders Association Newsletter 2026 – Issue 3

Part 2 of the Government’s home accelerator has been announced, which has extended the scheme to cover sites of under 500 homes. The Planning Inspectorate has launched a scheme to hire more local plan inspectors in England to get the inspection time down to months, not years. And, new findings on BNG exclusions show that although reforms will cut down the number of applications, the overall impact on land area will be around 1%.