Less than 1 / 4 of the UK’s landlords really feel planning reform will positively influence their enterprise. This is based on a survey from specialist buy-to-let lender Landbay which discovered that greater than three-quarters of property buyers (77%) suppose planning reforms won’t have an effect on their BTL companies in a optimistic manner.
Just one in eight landlords (13%) thought the easing of planning guidelines might create extra alternatives to buy new-build properties.
And simply 9% thought planning reforms might result in extra jobs and financial development – that demand for rental lodging might rise, boosting occupancy charges.
When requested in the event that they thought planning reform might assist resolve the housing disaster, practically half (47%) stated that planning reform alone wouldn’t resolve the housing disaster. The expertise scarcity within the development sector was cited as a serious hindrance on new housing targets.
One landlord surveyed stated it was not possible to attain housebuilding targets with the present degree of expertise out there.
“I personal and function a growth firm and development firm. The scarcity of trades may be very limiting.” Another stated targets have been “unrealistic whereas inadequate expertise can be found” and one other stated, “the federal government has been setting new houses targets for years – nothing ever modifications.”
Commenting on the ballot Landbay gross sales and distribution director Rob Stanton stated: “If property buyers aren’t satisfied planning reform will positively have an effect on their enterprise, we’re in actual hassle.
“Landlords are an vital stakeholder within the planning system and the broader housing market, driving the conversion of properties to HMOs, refits and extensions – to not point out a piece of new-build housing. So this degree of scepticism and cynicism surrounding proposed reforms to our planning system is completely damning.”
He added: “As a rustic we clearly want planning reform. The Lower Thames Crossing has value greater than 1 / 4 of a billion kilos simply in planning and paperwork – not a single spade within the floor.
“It has value us extra to plan the crossing than it value Norway to assemble the world’s longest tunnel. HS2 is now the world’s most costly railway line. The planning software to reopen the outdated three-mile Portishead railway line is 80,000 pages lengthy – with over 1,000 pages devoted to bats.”
