Leicestershire BUILDER Magazine • APRIL 2018 •
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Small sites and small builders will build homes faster, says FMB THE BEST WAY to speed up housing delivery is to get more small builders back into the market and focus more attention on the potential of smaller sites, according to the Federation of Master Builders (FMB).
SDL AUCTIONS are offering for sale BY AUCTION a former printers premises at 157 Belgrave Gate, Leicester LE1 3HS. The property has large storage and work space with offices to the first floor and toilets. Total area is approximately 2,400 sq.feet. For sale BY AUCTION on Tuesday 17th April 2018 at Leicester City Football Club, King Power Stadium, Filbert Way, Leicester LE2 7FL, 11.30am start time. Guide Price: £125,000+ For more information, contact SDL Auctions on 0116 254 9654 or view the catalogue online at www.sdlauctions.co.uk
In response to the Prime Minister’s speech, Building a Britain fit for future, Brian Berry Chief Executive of the FMB, said: “Small sites tend to deliver more quickly and smaller builders, for whom short term financing is more of a concern, have every incentive to build and sell quickly. More opportunities for these smaller developments will diversify the market, boost capacity and speed up delivery. The Government has clearly recognised this, and is today setting out a raft of changes to national planning policy that will encourage more small sites to come forward. We particularly welcome the move to ensure that at least 20% of the sites identified for housing in local authority’s plans are smaller sites.” Berry continued: “However, we also need to be aware that the pace of building homes cannot be simply dictated. Those whose business is building houses have very few incentives to just sit on land. SME builders in particular have every incentive to build and sell as quickly as they can, so that they can recoup their investment and move on to the next project – nothing else would make financial sense. But developments can be stalled and slowed down for perfectly good reasons – from the financing difficulties which can often affect smaller builders, to downturns in market conditions. Building a house is a very significant investment, and house builders who build without being sure they can sell, don’t stay in business very long.” Berry concluded: “There is reason to push back against developers who have a particularly poor track record of delivery, and those who seek planning permissions purely for speculative purposes, but the Government needs to make sure that rhetoric doesn’t get ahead of reality. It should recognise that attempts to force building at a rate which makes poor commercial sense could end up slowing down delivery. This could end up discouraging rather than incentivising the SME builders and new market entrants we need to diversify the market.”
Mr Harry Warren (c/o Agent: Dino Labbate, Swish Architecture Ltd, 37 Gordon Road, West Bridgford, Nottingham NG2 5LQ) – Two storey rear extension and flat roof dormer window to create 3 C3 flats and internal alterations – at 84 Musters Road, West Bridgford, Notts. Bellway Homes Ltd East Midlands (c/o: Mitesh Rathod, 3 Romulus Court, Meridian East, Meridian Business Park, Leicester LE19 1YG) – Full planning application for demolition of existing dwelling, erection of 42 dwellings, conversion of barns to 2 dwellings, formation of access, provision of open space and associated infrastructure – at 235 melton Road, Edwalton, Notts. NG12 4DB.
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