Where does the government want to build 15 lakh new houses?

The government has outlined plans to tackle the housing shortage in England, with local councils given targets for new homes in their area.

Housing Minister Matthew Pennycook said the focus is on areas where housing is the least affordable.

It aims to build 370,000 new homes every year in England, to meet a government promise to build 1.5 million new homes within the next five years.

Local authorities are being asked to allow developers to build.

Millions of people are not able to buy their first home and the number of people living in unsuitable housing remains high.

According to the government, 1.3 million families are on the social housing waiting list and record numbers – including 160,000 children – are in temporary accommodation.

Government, which announced its plans Updated National Planning Policy FrameworkNo date has been set for when the 370,000 target will be reached.

The government said areas that do not have the most affordable housing but have the most potential for growth have the highest housebuilding targets.

Pennycook told the Commons that the government would “focus development on urban areas”.

Cities facing increases include St Albans, where the target has risen from 885 to 1,660 under the previous Conservative government. The target in Oxford is increasing from 762 to 1,087.

The South East as a whole will have an annual quota of around 71,000 – an increase of around 20,000.

London’s annual quota will total around 88,000. This is about 10,000 less than the previous Conservative government’s target.

However, there are variations within the capital, with some areas given higher targets. Kensington and Chelsea, for example, is being asked to build 5,107 new homes, up from 1,381. The target for Westminster is 4,341, up from 1,862.

Other notable changes include:

• South Oxfordshire – Conservative target increased from 579 to 1,242
• Winchester – increasing from 676 to 1,157
• Bath and North East Somerset – increasing from 717 to 1,471
• Warwick – increasing from 653 to 1,062
• Doncaster – increasing from 525 to 1,198
• Warrington – increasing from 791 to 1,064
• Cumberland – increasing from 244 to 1,105

The government said that already developed land would be given priority for new homes. These “brownfield sites” may include locations such as abandoned industrial or commercial developments.

However, Pennycook said brownfield land alone would not be enough to provide the number of homes the country needs.

As a result, councils will also be ordered to review green belt boundaries – which were created to prevent urban sprawl – by identifying low quality “grey belt” land on which to build.

The government has previously described the gray belt as a “poor quality and ugly area” on the green belt. A disused garage in Tottenham, north London, which could not be built on because it was within the green belt, has been used as an example.

There is no official data on the size of the gray belt.

However, estate agents Knight Frank conducted research and identified 11,000 already developed sites – less than 1% of the green belt.

These were concentrated in the south of England, with over 40% of them in the London Green Belt area.

They estimate that 100,000–200,000 new family homes could be built on gray belt sites.

The Prime Minister said development would be led locally, with land development being “brownfield first, gray site second and greenbelt last”.

Conservative shadow housing secretary Kevin Hollinrake said: “This planning framework promotes growth in rural areas, concreting green belts, green farms and our green and pleasant lands.”

Announcing its plans, the government said councils and developers should pay greater attention to social rents when building new homes.

It says local leaders will have “more powers to build truly affordable homes for those who need them most”.

definition of affordable housing This includes homes for sale as part of a shared-ownership scheme, or homes rented at a reduced rate, or as part of a social housing agreement.

The government said any development on the green belt must meet strict requirements, with developers having to provide infrastructure for local communities such as nurseries, GP surgeries and transport.

Prime Minister Keir Starmer said planning decisions would be brought forward if necessary.

“The starting point is local plans, and it’s really important for councils to develop targeted plans, taking into account local needs and working with developers. So it starts from there,” he said.

“But if those plans don’t work will we go ahead with it? Yes, yes we are absolutely doing that.”

Responses from local councils to a Freedom of Information request by the BBC suggest this The government may be on a collision course with local officials,

Most councils expressed concern. Many fear targets have ignored local infrastructure, lack of land and planning systems and lack of capacity in the construction industry.

according to Latest report from the Construction Skills NetworkAround 225,000 new construction workers are needed across the UK by 2027.

There are around 700,000 empty and unfurnished homes in England, According to latest government data,

Of those, 261,471 are classified as “long-term vacant,” meaning no one has lived there for six months or more.

But bringing abandoned and derelict properties back to life can be a long and complicated process.

Even finding out who owns properties that have been vacant for years or in some cases decades can be a challenge.