Stephen Delahunty

6 days ago | insidehousing.co.uk | Stephen Delahunty

Good afternoon. At the start of the week, just a few days after the local election results, I caught up with Gideon Amos, housing spokesperson for the Liberal Democrats. Much of his concern was that Labour’s plans for imposing housing targets on local authorities, overruling planning committees and removing statutory consultations on large developments are going to come with a democratic backlash.

6 days ago | insidehousing.co.uk | Stephen Delahunty

News11.00 AM Law firms involved in the Beechmere fire trial have claimed it was thrown out after the prosecution’s evidence was found to be absent of “independence, impartiality and competence”.

1 week ago | insidehousing.co.uk | Stephen Delahunty

News10.30 AM The Scottish Housing Regulator (SHR) has published a response to the second and final Grenfell Tower Inquiry report. SharelinesScottish regulator publishes briefing note on Grenfell Tower Inquiry report #UKhousing The briefing aims to highlight where the findings of the inquiry phase two report, and the Social Housing (Regulation) Act 2023, might apply to social landlords in Scotland and impact the SHR.

1 week ago | insidehousing.co.uk | Stephen Delahunty

News9.30 AM An impact assessment of the Planning and Infrastructure Bill has estimated that the changes could benefit the economy by up to £7.5bn over the next 10 years.

1 week ago | insidehousing.co.uk | Stephen Delahunty

NewsThe case against a housing association and three other defendants for a huge fire at a retirement village has been withdrawn after just two days of trial.