A keenly anticipated Infrastructure Intelligence webinar at 11am this Friday, 27 May, will ask an increasingly important question: "Should housebuilding be part of infrastructure and if so, why?"

Building new homes will be at the forefront of the UK’s recovery from the Covid pandemic and the housing sector remains crucial to the government’s levelling up ambitions.  

The stated aim to build 300,000 new homes every year by the mid-2020s will only be met by building at scale, including major new villages, towns and suburbs across the UK. For development to happen at this level and to create sustainable places, some suggest that policy has to change so that housing can be classed as infrastructure in the planning process. 

Bringing housing under the national infrastructure brief could pave the way for more affordable high-quality developments, which are supported by both the right infrastructure and local communities, resulting in sustainable places that work for everyone. Although recent updates to the National Planning Policy Framework have helped to create a more joined up approach to housing and infrastructure delivery, more needs to be done.

A policy that prioritises housing alongside transport, broadband, energy and water would enable planning applications for larger housing developments to go through the nationally significant infrastructure project  process, so they would be considered at a national level. 

Find out more by booking your free place at this webinar, which is organised in association with our Events and Communications Strategic Partner, BECG. 

Should housebuilding be part of infrastructure and if so, why? 
Friday 27 May 2022 at 11am

Moderator
Rob O'Connor, Editor, Infrastructure Intelligence

Speakers
Snigdha Jain, Director, Sustainability, Turley
Paul Smith, Managing Director, The Strategic Land Group
Daniel Fryd, Associate Director, BECG
Robbie Owen, Head of Infrastructure Planning, Pinsent Masons LLP

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The Infrastructure Intelligence LIVE series of events is organised in association with our Events and Communications Strategic Partner, BECG.