Interactive map shows how many homes will be built near YOUR house in Keir’s bid to get more Brits on property ladder
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SIR Keir Starmer today stared down NIMBYs as he announced huge new housebuilding targets for townhalls across the country. The mandatory thresholds will force some councils to accelerate development by more than 1,000 per cent in a bid to bring the total number of new homes in England to 370,000 a year.
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Under new planning rules, in London construction must increase by 147 per cent to achieve 80,693 new homes. In the South East, development will soar by 71 per cent to reach 69,060. And in the East of England a rise of 56 per cent will build 44,858 new homes.
The London boroughs of Richmond upon Thames, Bromley and Kensington have all been told to increase actual housebuilding rates by more than 1,000 per cent. Around 100 councils will have to more than double housebuilding with over a dozen having to increase building fivefold on current rates.
On a visit to a construction site in Cambridgeshire today, Sir Keir declared that the dream of home ownership must be a "top priority", above nature and the environment. The PM said: "For years, we have had not enough houses being built. "That means that individuals and families don't have the security that they want.
"We are determined to break through that, to do what's necessary. "Of course we want to get the balance right with nature and the environment, but if it comes to a human being wanting to have a house for them and their family, that has to be the top priority.".
