Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner announced new housing targets for local authorities last week
The Government’s new housing targets for Rossendale mean the number of houses Rossendale Borough Council is expected to build will rise from 179 to 361 – an increase of 102 per cent.
The biggest numerical increase will be in Blackpool, where an extra 485 properties will be demanded each year. The Lancashire increases are based on comparisons with the minimum housebuilding numbers required as part of the previous system before it was scrapped by the last government late last year and the targets made only advisory.
Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner stressed that the government is “committed to protecting nature”, but said some areas classed as greenbelt under the current system – like disused car parks and industrial estates – make little contribution to its intended purpose and would be more accurately described as “grey belt”.
It will, however, be possible for councils to justify a lower housing figure than the target set for them – but that would have to be “evidenced and explained through consultation”. Local authorities that cannot meet their development needs will have to demonstrate how they have worked with their neighbours to try to do so.
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