Documents published by the Highbury Group on Housing Delivery from 2008 onwards can be downloaded below. Documents are in PDF format and will open in the same window.

 

2024

Download: Building Social Cities Report - Sep 2024 (PDF 3 MB)

Download: Building Social Cities Presentation - Sep 2024 (PDF - 1 MB)

Download: Presentation on CIH report on Housing Revenue Accounts and Debt - Sep 2024 (PDF - 501 KB)

Download: Response to NPPF Consultation - Sep 2024 (PDF - 296 KB)

Download: Bob Colenutt - A New Model for Housing Supply - Paper - July 2024 (PDF - 140 KB)

Download: Bob Colenutt - A New Model for Housing Supply - Presentation - July 2024 (PDF - 320 KB)

Download: Terry Fuller - UK construction numbers - May 2024 (PDF - 325 KB)

Download: UCL Rural Housing Report - Presentation by Andrew Purves - April 2024 (PDF - 797 KB)

Download: Response to DLUHC consultation: Changes to various Permitted Development Rights - April 2024 (PDF - 94 KB)

Download: Response to DLUHC consultation: An Accelerated Planning System - April 2024 (PDF - 103 KB)

Download: Response to DLUHC consultation: Strengthening Planning Policy for Brownfield Development - March 2024 (PDF - 152 KB)

Download: Roger Jarman - Social Housing Consumer Regulation - March 2024 (PDF - 145 KB)

Download: Homes England: Its past record and proposals for reform - March 2024 (PDF - 160 KB)

2023

Download: CMA Housebuilding Study: Response on Local Concentration and Land Banks - December 2023 (PDF - 185 KB)

Download: Robert Latham - Note on Leasehold Reform - December 2023 (PDF - 268 KB)

Download: Roger Jarman - Briefing paper on Social Housing (Regulation) Act - December 2023 (PDF - 122 KB)

Download: Note on issues for CMA Housebuilding review - November 2023 (PDF - 170 KB)

Download: Gareth Fearn - Planning for the Public: Why Labour should support a public planning system - October 2023 (PDF - 628 KB)

Download: Toby Lloyd and Rose Grayston - Taking back the controls: Modernising the financial framework for housing investment - July 2023 (PDF - 757 KB)

Download: Highbury Group response to consultation on GLA draft London Plan guidance - July 2023 (PDF - 119 KB)

Download: Labour Housing and Planning Policy - Letter to Lisa Nandy MP - July 2023 (PDF 147 KB)

Download: Andy von Bradsky - Housing as Infrastructure - July 2023 (PDF - 210 KB)

Download: Highbury Group note on GLA Draft London Plan Guidance on Affordable Housing and Development Viability - June 2023 (PDF - 117 KB)

Download: Highbury Group response to Infrastructure Levy consultation - June 2023 (PDF - 318 KB)

Download: Highbury Group response to Short-term Lets planning consultation - June 2023 (PDF - 28 KB)

Download: Highbury Group response to DHLUC Select Committee consultation on The Finances and Sustainability of the Social Housing Sector - May 2023 (PDF - 147 KB)

Download: What is the Future of High Rise Housing? Examining the long-term social and financial impacts of residential towers - April 2023 (PDF - 2 MB)

Download: Highbury Group response to Competition and Markets Authority consultation on housebuilding industry - March 2023 (PDF - 126 KB) 

Download: Highbury group response to consultation on NPPF - February 2023 (PDF 110 KB)

Download: Kath Scanlon - Local London renting under Covid: Effects on policy change and Covid on the lower end of the PRS - January 2023 (PDF - 1 MB)

 

2022

Download: Bob Colenutt, Nicolas Falk, Stephen Hill - Community led housing - why it matters and how it can be scaled up - December 2022 (PDF - 327 KB)

Download: Community led housing (see above) - Annex 1 - December 2022 (PDF - 278 KB)

Download: Community led housing (see above) - Annex 2 - December 2022 (PDF - 215 KB)

Download: Leo Pollak - Housing allocations and the vacancy chain - Smith Institute Report - October 2022 (PDF - 1 MB)

Download: Christine Whitehead - Scoping Report for Evaluation of AHP Programme 2021-26 - October 2022 (PDF - 2 MB)

Download: Duncan Bowie - Next Steps on Housing Taxation - September 2022 (PDF - 97 KB)

Download: Pete Redman - Addendum to July 2022 Review of Housing Taxation - September 2022 (PDF - 1 MB)

Download: Rose Grayston - Influencing Tax Reform - September 2022 (PDF - 73 KB)

Download: Nicholas Falk - Why we need a housing wealth tax - September 2022 (PDF - 316 KB)

Download: Michael Edwards  - Channelling money flows away from land and housing (PDF - 454 KB)

Download: Bob Colenutt - Land Value Taxation - September 2022 (PDF - 129 KB)

Download: Pete Redman - Review of Housing Taxation - July 2022 (PDF - 305 KB)

Download: Highbury Group response to CPO Consultation - July 2022 (308 KB)

Download: Key Points on Housing and Planning in relation to Levelling Up - May 2022 (PDF - 115 KB)

Download: GLA presentation on Kerslake Review of housing delivery - April 2022 (PDF - 528 KB)

Download: Highbury Group submission to House of Lords Inquiry on Land Use - April 2022 (PDF - 75 KB)

Download: Glen Bramley - Homelessness Projections and Policy Implications - March 2022 (PDF - 746 KB)

Download: Sam Spencer - The Location of Development - January 2022 (PDF - 736 KB)

Download: Stephen Hill - Planning Bill Reform Optimal Use Duty and Best Consideration - January 2022 (PDF - 1 MB)

 

2021

Download: Janice Morphet and Ben Clifford - Local Authority Direct Provision of Housing: third wave research - October 2021 (PDF - 2 MB)

Download: Levelling Up, Strategic Planning and Local Government Reform - October 2021 (PDF - 102 KB)

Download: Labour Housing Policy - October 2021 (PDF - 105 KB)

Download: Highbury Group response to House of Lords Select Committee on the Built Environment - September 2021 (PDF - 91 KB)

Download: Decarbonising our Housing Stock - August 2021 (PDF - 313 KB)

Download: Highbury Group response to HM Treasury: Residential Property Development Tax - July 2021 (PDF - 115 KB)

Download: Christine Whitehead - Housing Taxation in European Countries - April 2021 (PDF - 520 KB)

Download: Highbury Group response to Right to Regenerate consultation - March 2021 (PDF - 91 KB)

Download: Highbury Group response to consultation on NPPF and Model Design Code - March 2021 (PDF - 91 KB)

Download: Highbury Group response to consultation on New Homes Bonus - March 2021 (PDF - 107 KB)

Download: Shelter - Private Rented Sector and Covid - February 2021 (PDF - 425 KB)

Download: Pete Redman - A one off wealth tax? - February 2021 (PDF - 489 KB)

Download: Roger Jarman - Reforming social housing regulation: The Government's proposals - February 2021 (PDF - 720 KB)

 

2020

Download: Highbury Group response to Planning White Paper: Planning for the Future - October 2020 (PDF - 198 KB)

Download: Highbury Group response to consultation on Changes to the Current Planning System - October 2020 (PDF - 159 KB)

Download: Christine Whitehead - Understanding Affordability - September 2020 (PDF - 585 KB)

Download: Highbury Group statement on Planning and Housing Policy post COVID-19 - June 2020 (PDF - 192 KB)

Download: Highbury Group response to MHCLG consultation on the Design and Delivery of First Homes - March 2020 (PDF - 111 KB)

Download: Highbury Group response to RICS consultation on Assessing Financial Viability under the NPPF - February 2020 (PDF - 102 KB)

Download: Tony Mulhall - Applying Government Planning Policy - Assessing Viability Now - January 2020 (PDF - 2.1 MB)

 

2019

Download: Neal Hudson - Understanding local housing markets - December 2019 (PDF - 1.5 MB)

Download: Nick Falk - Sharing land value uplift - December 2019 (PDF - 2.1 MB)

Download: Highbury Group pre-election statement - November 2019 (PDF - 347 KB)

Download: Andy von Bradsky - National Design Guide - October 2019 (PDF - 1.9 MB)

Download: Jasmine Basran - Local Housing Allowance - October 2019 (PDF - 674 KB)

Download: Highbury Group response to MHCLG Select Committee on Social Rented and Affordable Housing - July 2019 (PDF - 185 KB)

Download: Andy von Bradsky - MHCLG Quality Homes and Places - May 2019 (PDF - 1.2 MB)

Download: James Stevens - Greater Manchester Spatial Framework - May 2019 (PDF - 754 KB)

Download: Nick Falk - Cambridgeshire Quality Charter - May 2019 (PDF - 1.3 MB)

Download: Shane Brownie - English Private Landlord Survey - March 2019 (PDF - 533 KB)

Download: Bob Colenutt - PEACH financial modelling - March 2019 (PDF - 154 KB)

Download: Highbury Group response to MHCLG Select Committee on Local Government Finance - April 2019 (PDF - 112 KB)

Download: Increasing Investment in Social Housing - A Capital Economics report for Shelter's Social Housing Commission – Feb 2019 (PDF - 468 KB)

Download: Highbury Group - Affordable Housing Commission (key issues) - January 2019 (PDF - 192 KB)

Download: Highbury Group - Affordable Housing Review (definitions) - January 2019 (PDF - 193 KB)

Download: Highbury Group - Labour Party Planning Commission (note of key issues) - January 2019 (PDF -  100 KB)

Download: Highbury Group London Plan EIP submissions - January 2019 (PDF - 252 KB)

Download: Highbury Group response to Letwin Review - January 2019 (PDF - 120 KB)

 

2018

Download: Highbury Group response to Social Housing Green Paper - October 2018 (PDF - 67 KB)

Download: Planning risk - Kath Scanlon - October 2018 (PDF - 2.4 MB)

Download: Highbury Group RTB receipts response - October 2018 (PDF - 264 KB)

Download: Highbury Group response to draft London Plan - February 2018 (PDF - 341 KB)

Download: Response to CLG Committee Inquiry on Land Value Capture - February 2018 (PDF - 202 KB)

Download: Highbury Group response to Labour Party Review of Social Housing - February 2018 (PDF - 244 KB)

Download: Highbury Group - Combined Authorities and Metro Mayors - February 2018 (PDF - 1.1 MB)

Download: Duncan McCann Urban Land Trusts - February 2018 (PDF - 202 KB)

 

2017

Download: Nick Falk - International Models of Land Assembly - November 2017 (PDF - 3.47 MB)

Download: Submission to the Raynsford Review of Planning by the Highbury Group on Housing Delivery - November 2017 (PDF - 250 KB)

Download: Planning for Homes consultation document response - November 2017 (PDF - 681 KB)

Download: Rethinking Ownership - Duncan McCann - New Economics Foundation - September 2017 (PDF - 247 KB)

Download: Lessons from Hong Kong and Singapore - Andrew Purves - September 2017 (PDF - 1.81 MB)

Download: Presentation on New Civic Architecture - May 2017 (PDF - 1.87 MB)

Download: Local Authority Provision of Housing - May 2017 (PDF - 177 KB)

Download: Response to Consultation on Build to Rent and Affordable Housing (PDF - 117 KB)

Download: Response to Housing White Paper - May 2017 (PDF - 459 KB)

Download: Objectively Assessed Need - A Research Approach - April 2017 (PDF - 253 KB)

Download: Housing and Taxation - April 2017 (PDF - 1.18 MB)

Download: CLG Presentation on Housing White Paper - February 2017 (PDF - 735 KB)

Download: Three Dragons - Presentation on CIL Research - February 2017 (PDF - 136 KB)

Download: Response to GLA consultation paper on Affordable Housing and Viability - February 2017 (PDF - 39 KB)

Download: Radical Solutions to Housing Supply Crisis - Book Launch Presentation - January 2017 (PDF - 86 KB)

Download: Estate Regeneration National Strategy - January 2017 (PDf - 1.95 MB)

Download: Mayor of London Estate Regeneration Good Practice Guide - January 2017 (PDF - 976 KB)

 

2016

Download: Presentation on Centre for London report: Another Storey. The Real Potential for Estate Densification - December 2016 (PDF - 678 KB)

Download: Presentation on G15 report: Meeting the Challenge of Urban Renewal - December 2016 (PDF - 1.5 MB)

Download: Response to CLG Consultation on Planning Conditions - October 2016 (PDF - 90 KB)

Download: The Rise and Fall of Suburbia – Paul Hunter, Smith Institute  - September 2016 (PDF - 2 MB)

Download: The Case for Home Performance Labelling Housing Forum - September 2016 (PDF - 226 KB)

Download: RICS low carbon homes report - September 2016 (PDF - 187 KB)

Download: Complete control presentation, Jerry Flynn - June 2016 (PDF - 595 KB)

Download: Altered Estates presentations - June 2016 (PDF - 4.1 MB)

Download: QUOD / SHELTER - Brownfield is not Enough. Presentation - May 2016 (PDF - 2.3 MB)

Download: Response to Starter Homes Initiative Technical Consultation - May 2016 (PDF - 154 KB)

Download: Response to Local Plan Expert Group report - April 2016 (PDF - 383 KB)

Download: Response to CLG Planning Policy Consultation - February 2016 (PDF - 202 KB)

Download: Statement on Housing and Planning Bill – Report Stage  - January 2016 (PDF - 135 KB)

 

2015

Download: Presentation on Research on Local Authority High Value Sales - October 2015 (PDF - 136 KB)

Download: Submission to IPPR London Housing Commission from Highbury Group On Housing Delivery - October 2015 (PDF - 315 KB)

Download: CLG Select committee – Future of HAs Inquiry response - September 2015 (PDF - 156 KB)Presentation on SHOUT report on Building New Social Rented Homes - September 2015 (PDF - 696 KB)

Download: Presentation on NHF Living Rents Report - September 2015 (PDF - 2.3 MB)

Download: Submission to CLG Select Committee Inquiry on Future of Housing associations - September 2015 (PDF - 136 KB)

Download: Responses to the Housing Crisis in the UK – ISA – RC21 Urbino - August 2015 (PDF - 266 KB)

Download: Response to Treasury/ DCLG consultation on Compulsory Purchase Orders - June 2015 (PDF - 441 KB)

Download: The Future for Housing Standards. Presentation by Andy von Bradsky - June 2015 (PDF - 769 KB)

Download: Property, justice and reason. Presentation by Stephen Hill on Churchill Fellowship report - June 2015 (PDF - 973 KB)

Download: Viability Assessment and Freedom of Information, Dr Bob Colenutt - April 2015 (PDF - 440 KB)

Download: Viability Assessment and Freedom of Information, Paper for Highbury Group - April 2015 (PDF - 359 KB)

Download: Working with Local Authorities and Landowners to build Garden Cities, Garden City Developments Community Interest Company - April 2015 (PDF - 143 KB)

Download: The wrong solution to London's housing crisis, Comment on the IPPR report - April 2015 (PDF - 130 KB)

Download: Highbury group pre-election statement on housing supply - March 2015 (PDF - 171 KB)

Download: Future financing of real estate development, Dr Graham Squires - March 2015 (PDF - 1.2 MB)

Download: Housing finance and Municipal Investment Corporations, Dr Nicholas Falk - March 2015 (PDF - 189 KB)

Download: Response to DCLG Consultation on English Housing Survey - February 2015 (PDF - 308 KB)

Download: Response to CLG Consultation on Starter Homes Initiative - February 2015 (PDF - 217 KB)

Download: The Green Noose. An Analysis of Green Belts and Proposals for Reform. Tom Papworth, Adam Smith Institute - February 2015 (PDF - 409 KB)

 

2014

Download: Coalition of the Willing: The Shape of Urban Growth in England post Crisis, Glen Bramley and David Watkins - December 2014 (PDF - 1.3 MB)

Download: Cities, Devolution and Growth: The economic case for more powerful UK cities, Ben Harrison - December 2014 (PDF - 1.2 MB)

Download: NEF Defined Income Scheme: Building more Rented Homes - November 2014 (PDF - 399 KB)

Download: The Lyons Housing Review: Mobilising across the nation to build the homes our children need - November 2014 (PDF - 427 KB)

Download: Response to RTPI paper on Strategic Planning - October 2014 (PDF - 192 KB)

Download: Presentation on Housebuilders research Dr Sarah Payne - September 2014 (PDF - 146 KB)

Download: The Challenges of London's growth. paper by Duncan Bowie - September 2014 (PDF - 775 KB)

Download: Briefing on Further Alterations to the London Plan by Duncan Bowie - July 2014 (PDF - 174 KB)

Download: eSHELTER/ KPMG Building the Homes we Need. Presentation - April 2014 (PDF - 1 MB)

Download: Update on the Housing Standards Review, Andy von Bradsky - March 2014 (PDF - 2.2 MB)

Download: London Housing Pressures and the Greater South East, Janet Sutherland - March 2014 (PDF - 1.5 MB)

Download: Interventions to boost the housing market, Peter Redman - March 2014 (PDF - 433 KB)

Download: Response to Lyons Review Call for Evidence - February 2014 (PDF - 330 KB)

Download: Presentation by Neil McDonald on household projections - February 2014 (PDF - 1.1 MB)

Download: CLG Housing Strategy - January 2014 (PDF - 712 KB)

 

2013

Download: CLG Response to Highbury Group policy proposals - October 2013 (PDF - 94 KB)

Download: Response to Housing Standards Review - October 2013 (PDF - 286 KB)

Download: Housing Delivery: Policy Proposals - September 2013 (PDF - 188 KB)

Download: SHELTER presentation on Solutions Report - September 2013 (PDF - 936 KB)

Download: Homes and Community Agency: Presentation on Public Land Opportunities  - September 2013 (PDF - 566 KB)

Download: Highbury Group response to HCA consultation on Protecting Social housing assets - June 2013 (PDF - 106 KB)

Download: The Crisis of Housing Supply - June 2013 (PDF - 118 KB)

Download: Funding Infrastructure : What can we learn from continental Europe - June 2013 (PDF - 3.9 MB)

Download: Highbury Group response on Permitted Development Rights - March 2013 (PDF - 93 KB)

Download: Delivering the Right Tenures in the Right Markets - Richard Donnell - January 2013 (PDF - 408 KB)

 

2012

Download: Highbury Group on Housing Delivery. Growth and Infrastructure Bill - November 2012 (PDF - 109 KB)

Download: Response to Highbury Group 'Garden Cities, Garden Suburbs and Urban Extensions' Prof Sir Peter Hall - October 2012 (PDF - 8.7 MB)

Download: Response to CLG S106 Consultation - October 2012 (PDF - 73 KB)

Download: Garden Cities, Garden Suburbs and Urban Extensions - July 2012 (PDF - 284 KB)

Download: Shelter - Bricks or Benefits? - July 2012 (PDF - 133 KB)

Download: Statement on National Planning Policy Framework - April 2012 (PDF - 86 KB)

Download: Highbury Group response to housing strategy  - April 2012 (PDF - 153 KB)

Download: Viability Appraisal of Local Plan - April 2012 (PDF - 91 KB)

Download: Local Infrastructure Planning in England - Professor Janice Morphet - March 2012 (PDF - 105 KB)

Download: Major Infrastructure planning - planning approaches by Tim Marshall - 2012 (PDF - 331 KB)

 

2011

Download: Response to consultation on draft Neighbourhood Planning regulations - December 2011 (PDF - 54 KB)

Download: Response to consultation on CIL regulations - December 2011 (PDF - 87 KB)

Download: Submission to Select Committee Inquiry on financing of new housing supply - 2011 (PDF - 121 KB)

Download: Housing Revenue Account Reform - presentation by Joseph Reeves and Simon Martin, PWC - 2011 (PDF - 165 KB)

Download: The Potential for Council House Building - presentation by Pete Redman, Housing Futures - 2011 (PDF - 116 KB)

Download: Response to CLG consultation on draft - National Planning Policy Framework - September 2011 (PDF - 94 KB)

Download: Comments on draft - National Planning Policy Framework - June 2011 (PDF - 52 KB)

Download: Highbury Group on Housing Delivery Lords briefing - 15 June 2011 (PDF - 100 KB)

Download: Presentation to Planners Network UK seminar - 15 March 2011 (PDF - 71 KB)

Download: Response to consultation on PPS3 affordable housing definition - 2011 (PDF - 60 KB)

 

2010

Download: Localism Bill Submission - 2010 (PDF - 86 KB)

Download: Response to New Homes Bonus Consultation - 2010 (PDF - 51 KB)

Download: Time for Sustainable Land Markets - 2010 (PDF - 128 KB)

Download: Spatial Planning within a Localism Agenda - September 2010 (PDF - 103 KB)

Download: The Politics of Development in an Age of Austerity - May 2010 (PDF - 187 KB)

Download: Highbury Manifesto - 2010 (PDF - 43 KB)

 

2009

Download: Pre-conditions for Increasing Housing Supply - 2009 (PDF - 46 KB)

Download: Recessionary Tools for Planners - 2009 (PDF - 17 KB)

Download: Response to Consultation Paper on CIL - 2009 (PDF - 38 KB)

Download: Letter to Caroline Spelman MP - 2009 (PDF - 52 KB)

Download: A local solution - July 2009 (PDF - 48 KB)

Download: Highbury Group London Paper - July 2009 (PDF - 219 KB)

Download: Report on Interviews with Housing Associations active in London - March 2009 (PDF - 23 KB)

 

2008

Download: Highbury Group press statement on HCA submission - 2008 (PDF - 36 KB)

Download: Highbury Group final submission to the HCA - 2009 (PDF - 90 KB)