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Anna Clarke @annaclarke.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

Build, build, build isn't much use as mantra if you then leave the new homes sitting empty for a year or more while the Building Safety Regulator gets round to approving them. This process used to take a matter of days when local authorities were in charge of it. news.sky.com/story/bluesk...

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Hundreds of empty flats that developers say sum up UK's housing crisis

Sir Keir Starmer has made house building one of his government's priorities, and regularly rails against NIMBY culture. But Sky News can reveal the government's own regulator has also been getting in ...

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Anna Clarke @annaclarke.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

The 1,210 empty newbuild homes reported on here are the tip of the iceberg, as only a small proportion of applications have got through the earlier part of the process - most are still waiting for approval to be built.

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Anna Clarke @annaclarke.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

The new homes sitting empty include social housing. bsky.app/profile/hous...

The Housing Forum@housingforum.org.uk

The Building Safety Regulator's slow decision making and high number of refusals at 'Gateway 2' are grinding housebuilding to a halt in London especially. And new evidence is starting to emerge of similar delays at Gateway 3 - which is is after the new homes are built, and ready to occupy:

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