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Can planning changes boost housebuilding?

Private housebuilding is constrained by the speed at which builders can sell homes at prevailing market prices, which planning changes will do little to change. As a result, the government’s proposed reforms may improve land supply and support SME builders, but they are unlikely to significantly boost total housing construction.

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