5 December 2005
Government's response to Kate Barker's Review of Housing Supply
The Government's Response to Kate Barker's Review of Housing Supply, published today, signals the Government's commitment to build more homes for future generations by bringing forward an ambitious package of measures to reform the planning system and deliver increased investment in infrastructure to support sustainable housing growth.
The Government’s response announces:
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its ambition over the next decade to increase new housing supply in England to 200,000 net additions per year, compared to around 150,000 now;.
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reforms to the planning system to make local and regional plans more responsive to housing markets and increase land supply;
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a cross-cutting review in the run-up to CSR 07 to co-ordinate infrastructure provision across departments;
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consultation on the Government’s response to Kate Barker’s recommendation for a Planning-Gain Supplement (PGS) to help finance infrastructure and ensure that local authorities share in the benefits growth brings;
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a commitment to set out ambitious plans for increasing social housing supply at CSR 07, with new investment alongside efficiencies and innovation in provision;
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further measures to ensure the environmental sustainability of new housing.
The Government's response to the Barker Review is available below in Adobe Acrobat Portable Document Format (PDF). If you do not have Adobe Acrobat installed on your computer you can download the software free of charge from the Adobe website. For alternative ways to read PDF documents and further information on website accessibility visit the HM Treasury accessibility page.
Media links
- PDF file of the Government´s response to Kate Barker´s Review of Housing Supply (553KB)
- PDF file of the Planning-gain supplement: a consultation (449KB)
Related links
- Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM) (external website)