Welcome
CHRIS BATES, EDITOR
On the 31st October, the long-awaited Right to Build was finally activated. It’s been two years since 11 vanguard councils were chosen to pilot the scheme, which sees local authorities obligated to maintain registers of individuals and groups keen to purchase a plot of land on which to create their own homes – and to meet that demand by granting planning permission on enough serviced sites. Now the policy applies across the whole of England (hopefully the rest of the UK will soon follow suit).