HBA housebuilders Survey

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* 1. Please rank your main challenges to housebuilding.
(1 being most challenging and 5 being least challenging)

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* 2. Please rank which elements of planning make building homes the most challenging
(1 being most challenging and 5 being least challenging)

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* 3. Please rate which element of planning needs reform the most?

	Not needed	Some reform needed	Complete reform	Needs scrapping and rethinking
Securing a planning permission	Securing a planning permission Not needed	Securing a planning permission Some reform needed	Securing a planning permission Complete reform	Securing a planning permission Needs scrapping and rethinking
Price of and access to land	Price of and access to land Not needed	Price of and access to land Some reform needed	Price of and access to land Complete reform	Price of and access to land Needs scrapping and rethinking
Land allocations in local plans	Land allocations in local plans Not needed	Land allocations in local plans Some reform needed	Land allocations in local plans Complete reform	Land allocations in local plans Needs scrapping and rethinking
Pre-commencement conditions	Pre-commencement conditions Not needed	Pre-commencement conditions Some reform needed	Pre-commencement conditions Complete reform	Pre-commencement conditions Needs scrapping and rethinking
Statutory consultees, such as energy, water, flooding	Statutory consultees, such as energy, water, flooding Not needed	Statutory consultees, such as energy, water, flooding Some reform needed	Statutory consultees, such as energy, water, flooding Complete reform	Statutory consultees, such as energy, water, flooding Needs scrapping and rethinking
Planning committees	Planning committees Not needed	Planning committees Some reform needed	Planning committees Complete reform	Planning committees Needs scrapping and rethinking

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* 4. Do you feel there are too many unnecessary pre-commencement planning conditions, which could be signed off during the build?

Yes

If yes, please specify

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* 5. Which of the following impacts occur on the majority of your projects? (select all that apply)

Extension of time requests

Section 106 negotiations

Request for more information

Planning condition on an already submitted piece of information, eg-landscaping

Planning committee deferral or rejection for a policy compliant site

Not decided within the 13 or 16 week statutory determination period

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* 6. Has working from home due to Covid changed the quality of the planning process?

Made it worse

Made it better

Feels the same

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* 7. How many homes do you build a year?

Fewer than 10

Between 10 and 49

Between 50 and 100

More than 100

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* 8. Thinking of the last five years, have you had to reduce directly employed labour because of planning uncertainty or delay?

Yes

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* 9. What stops you from taking on more apprentices or growing your workforce? (please tick all that apply)

No pipeline of work, so cannot afford to take on new staff

Lack of planning certainty, so cannot afford to take on/retain new staff

We prefer using subcontractors

Quality of apprentice/worker

Cost of training

We have no barriers to taking on, or training more staff

Other (please specify)

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* 10. How many people do you directly employ?

Fewer than 10

10 to 50

50 to 100

More than 100

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* 11. In the last five years, has the planning process made you consider leaving the industry?

Yes

We did but came back

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* 12. Would you support an Ofsted like system for planning departments, where they are judged 'inadequate', 'requires improvement', 'good' and 'outstanding'?

Yes

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* 13. Do you feel politicians understand the commercial challenges that small and medium sized developers (SMEs) face?

Yes

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* 14. Please leave any comments, or experiences

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* 15. Please leave your contact details, as this helps us understand the regional planning challenges, and for what sized businesses. (not compulsory)

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HBA housebuilders Survey

House Builders Association (HBA) Survey 2021

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* 1. Please rank your main challenges to housebuilding.(1 being most challenging and 5 being least challenging)

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* 2. Please rank which elements of planning make building homes the most challenging(1 being most challenging and 5 being least challenging)

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* 3. Please rate which element of planning needs reform the most?

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* 4. Do you feel there are too many unnecessary pre-commencement planning conditions, which could be signed off during the build?

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* 5. Which of the following impacts occur on the majority of your projects? (select all that apply)

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* 6. Has working from home due to Covid changed the quality of the planning process?

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* 7. How many homes do you build a year?

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* 8. Thinking of the last five years, have you had to reduce directly employed labour because of planning uncertainty or delay?

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* 9. What stops you from taking on more apprentices or growing your workforce? (please tick all that apply)

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* 10. How many people do you directly employ?

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* 11. In the last five years, has the planning process made you consider leaving the industry?

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* 12. Would you support an Ofsted like system for planning departments, where they are judged 'inadequate', 'requires improvement', 'good' and 'outstanding'?

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* 13. Do you feel politicians understand the commercial challenges that small and medium sized developers (SMEs) face?

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* 14. Please leave any comments, or experiences

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* 1. Please rank your main challenges to housebuilding.
(1 being most challenging and 5 being least challenging)

* 2. Please rank which elements of planning make building homes the most challenging
(1 being most challenging and 5 being least challenging)