Henry Boot to advance plans for 8,500 homes under new NPPF
Henry Boot’s land promotion and planning business, Hallam Land, has identified 8,500 homes it will expedite planning applications for in the near future, based on revisions to the National Planning Policy Framework.
The Labour government has proposed significant revisions to the NPPF as part of its broader recognition that the current system is not working and is hindering economic growth.
The proposed changes would provide much clearer direction to local authorities in terms of housing delivery, and they are expected to come into force later this year.
Henry Boot’s land promotion and planning business, Hallam Land, has identified 8,500 homes it will expedite planning applications for in the near future, based on revisions to the National Planning Policy Framework.
The Labour government has proposed significant revisions to the NPPF as part of its broader recognition that the current system is not working and is hindering economic growth.
The proposed changes would provide much clearer direction to local authorities in terms of housing delivery, and they are expected to come into force later this year.
Hallam is continuing to advance numerous planning applications, with 13,392 homes in planning including seven active planning appeals, totalling 2,500 homes.
As part of the changes, Hallam received planning consent on appeal for a 290-home site in Kent earlier this year.
Hallam struck a promotion agreement on a site adjacent to Sittingbourne in 2017 before submitting an outline application for the site in November 2022.
It secured planning consent on an appealed decision in July 2024, following an initial refusal in 2022.
The appeal was made on the basis that Swale Borough Council’s outdated development plan could not demonstrate a five-year housing land supply, which in turn was failing to meet the area’s housing needs.
The consent includes 290 homes – of which 30% will be affordable – landscaping, habitat creation and publicly accessible green infrastructure.
Tim Roberts, chief executive at Henry Boot, said: “Securing planning permission on appeal for hundreds of homes in Kent will enable the delivery of much-needed housing in the area. Hallam is in a strong position to help meet the new government’s ambitious housing targets and objectives set out in the draft NPPF revisions.”
