Mark Buddle

With the Labour Government proposing changes to the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) and adjustments to the way housing numbers are calculated, the planning landscape is set to shift significantly.

Mark Buddle and Andrew Wood discuss legacy development and how it can unlock better homes.

Experts from our Planning and Residential Development teams discuss changes to both the NPPF and NPF4, affecting planning and development across England & Scotland.

As productivity lags, wages can’t keep up with rents and mortgages; so, for far too many, a home of their own now seems out of reach. We simply haven’t built enough of them, undermining our young people’s potential for a prosperous future.

In Bidwells’ latest groundbreaking report, The Productivity Engine, we uncover the fundamental role that space plays in understanding - and solving - the UK’s productivity problems.

2023 was a challenging year for the residential development land market due to a subdued new build sales market caused by rising mortgage interest rates and the end of the Help to Buy Scheme.

2023 has continued to see difficult trading conditions but there remains a consistent demand for good quality sites across the Oxford to Cambridge Arc and the wider regions in which Bidwells operate. Price sensitivity is often being managed through considered deferred payment profiles, while the challenging planning environment remains a key consideration across the market.

There has been limited activity in the land market since financial markets reacted negatively to the ‘Mini Budget’ last September, with fewer new sites being brought to market and a limited number of transactions taking place.