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Building Awareness for the Future

The National Housing and Planning Advice Unit (NHPAU) has been established in response to Kate Barker's Review of Housing Supply (2004). Our task is to help make market housing more affordable and to address the trend in the rise in the number of people prevented from getting onto the property ladder. We do this through providing independent advice to both government and regions about the impact of planned housing provision on affordability, as well as researching specific practical and policy issues.

Latest News

Housing supply and planning controls (3 February 2010)
The NHPAU has released new evidence about how long it takes to obtain planning consent for major housing sites in England. See the news release and report for more details.

Review of European Planning Systems (14 December 2009)
The NHPAU has released a Review of European Planning Systems by De Montfort University and Delft University of Technology. See the report for more details.

New projections reinforce the NHPAU's housing advice (23 November 2009) 
The NHPAU has released a bulletin to inform our stakeholders what the latest release of ONS population projections means for our supply range advice. See the bulletin for more details.

CLG announces new interim NHPAU Chair (13 November 2009)
Communities and Local Government today announced that Dr Peter Williams will be taking up the position as Chair of the Board of the NHPAU until February 2011. For more information see the news release.