We have delivered over 2.5 million homes since 2010, including meeting our commitment to deliver one million homes in the last Parliament.
Home ownership rates plummeted under the last Labour Government so we cannot afford to go back to square one.
with developers required in law to pay a one-off mitigation fee so there is no net additional pollution.
Delivering a record number of homes each year on brownfield land in urban areas.
We will do this by providing a fasttrack route through the planning system for new homes on previously developed land in the 20 largest cities.
Strong design codes will ensure this enables the gentle densification of urban areas, with new family homes and mansion-blocks on treelined streets built in the local character.
We will look at extending ‘full expensing’ to the delivery of brownfield housing.
Raising density levels in inner London to those of European cities like Paris and Barcelona.
We will ensure the London Plan delivers more family homes a year, forcing the Mayor to plan for more homes on brownfield sites, like underused industrial land.
Supporting local and smaller builders by requiring councils to set land aside for them
and lifting Section 106 burdens on more smaller sites,
while ruling out Labour’s proposed ‘community right to appeal’ which would bring the planning system to its knees.
while ensuring more homes get built where it makes sense, like in inner cities.
As well as building the homes we need, we will also take immediate steps to support more people onto the housing ladder.
while supporting more families to buy through shared ownership.
We will always prioritise giving those who work hard and contribute to our country a leg up in the housing market.
They will be expected to evict tenants whose behaviour is disruptive to neighbours and the local community.
We will protect family homes from higher tax.
we will not increase the rate or level of Stamp Duty to support homeowners.
and make it easier to take up commonhold.
while also supporting more community housing schemes.
while giving councils greater planning powers to prevent unauthorised development by travellers.
Our commitment to levelling up means giving everyone the opportunity to stay local and go far.
Conservatives are committed to delivering stronger communities and safer streets,
unleashing the power of the private sector to unlock jobs and opportunity for all
and boosting local pride.
We have already allocated and will ensure we deliver over £15 billion in dedicated levelling up funding across the UK since 2019
and passed our landmark Levelling Up and Regeneration Act.
We have saved more than 330 pubs, sports clubs, arts venues and other precious community spaces through our Community Ownership Fund
and we have unlocked the promise of thousands of jobs with 12 Freeports.
Both schemes will involve funding community groups focused on increasing life chances, instilling civic pride and boosting people’s skills.
Freeports have already generated just under £3 billion in investment,
which in turn will create thousands of jobs.
We want to replicate the example of Sunderland’s Crown Works Studios elsewhere in the country.
We will enable councils to retain all business rates growth within a defined zone for 25 years,
which they can use to finance the delivery of new infrastructure
and invest in supporting burgeoning local industries.
We will change planning laws to support places to bring back local market days
and regenerate defunct shopping centres.
We will continue to make industry pay for removing chewing-gum from streets
Empower communities through devolution and new powers.
By 2030, every part of England that wants one will have a devolution deal.
We will ensure councils provide high quality and value for money services to local communities.
and we will ban the ‘four-day working week’ in local authorities.
alongside providing fairer funding for rural areas through the Rural Services Delivery Grant.
In our first King’s Speech, we will go even further and introduce a Backing Drivers Bill that will: Stop road pricing.
Reverse Labour’s unfair ULEZ expansion in London.
Sadiq Khan’s ULEZ tax rise only has a ‘moderate’ or ‘minor’ effect on pollution.
The expansion impacts thousands of people living around London who had no say in his election and can now no longer afford to get to hospital appointments or where they work or study.
We will reverse it.