London (loans-park) December 07, 2005: The chancellor of UK, Gordon Brown has revealed new planning guidelines to make more and more affordable homes available to UK people.
In his pre-budget report, he said that his new planning guidelines would enable local authorities to convert new estates into genuine towns. He said that an annual increase of about 200,000 is expected in the number of homes as compared to the current 15,000.
The announcement came in response to Kate Barker's independent review of the housing supply, which showed that more and more people were being locked out of the property market.
The Office of deputy Prime Minister has published new planning guidelines to encourage local authorities to release more land for housing purposes.