UK Housing Crisis: Free Land Offered, Planning Permission Costs More Than the Land
Lewisham gives community groups somewhere to stand, while Britain’s planning system decides whether standing counts as development LONDON, ENGLAND – A radical idea for tackling Britain’s housing crisis has emerged in Lewisham, where the council wants to make public land available to community groups for social housing at little or no cost. The scheme aims to help housing cooperatives and community-led organisations build affordable homes, putting small, underused urban sites…
