In the UK, Up to 1 lakh new houses will be built by 2015 as the government speeds up plans to release formerly used public land for development, it is claimed.
Country's Housing minister Mr. Grant Shapps said,''The rapid progress is being made to boost house building and Government departments with significant landholdings have published, for the first time, strategies that set out how their formerly used land and property has the capacity to deliver desperately needed new homes.Over the summer these departments have moved swiftly to identify land and property that could be released for new development.This builds on the 11,000 housing starts that will be achieved through the release of land owned by the Homes and Communities Agency.""
The amount of previously developed land owned by the public sector is more than twice the size of Leicester, and its development could support as many as 2 lakh construction and related jobs.
At the same time the Minister announced fresh steps to help communities across the country reclaim and develop hundreds of acres of unused public sector land and buildings, which could be used to deliver the schemes communities want to see in their areas.
Members of the public will now be able to request a sale of public land and buildings by filling in a simple and user friendly form. It will replace a system that is so obscure and restrictive that it has hardly ever been used, with only one successful application in the past 13 years.
The improved process for requesting the sale of public land and property will be one way of applying for land to be released by Government departments, and will also apply to land owned by councils and other public bodies.
Mr. Grant Shapps also said “The Government is one of the country's biggest landlords, so at a time when we desperately need more homes, we have a critical role in making new sites available for developers and communities."
Keywords: UK government | Grant Shapps | 1 lakh homes
Country's Housing minister Mr. Grant Shapps said,''The rapid progress is being made to boost house building and Government departments with significant landholdings have published, for the first time, strategies that set out how their formerly used land and property has the capacity to deliver desperately needed new homes.Over the summer these departments have moved swiftly to identify land and property that could be released for new development.This builds on the 11,000 housing starts that will be achieved through the release of land owned by the Homes and Communities Agency.""
The amount of previously developed land owned by the public sector is more than twice the size of Leicester, and its development could support as many as 2 lakh construction and related jobs.
At the same time the Minister announced fresh steps to help communities across the country reclaim and develop hundreds of acres of unused public sector land and buildings, which could be used to deliver the schemes communities want to see in their areas.
Members of the public will now be able to request a sale of public land and buildings by filling in a simple and user friendly form. It will replace a system that is so obscure and restrictive that it has hardly ever been used, with only one successful application in the past 13 years.
The improved process for requesting the sale of public land and property will be one way of applying for land to be released by Government departments, and will also apply to land owned by councils and other public bodies.
Mr. Grant Shapps also said “The Government is one of the country's biggest landlords, so at a time when we desperately need more homes, we have a critical role in making new sites available for developers and communities."
Keywords: UK government | Grant Shapps | 1 lakh homes
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