Y&NY launches development forum

The board will assess and provide insight into the Local Growth Plan, to help attract private sector investment into York and North Yorkshire. 

The RIBA award-winning Stoller Hall swapped out live music for an intriguing Place North Question Time event, where political leaders, investors, and industry figures took to a panel to take questions from Place North’s editorial team and members of the audience.

While undoubtedly necessary, stricter rules around the safety of buildings could stymie the delivery of new homes in Northern cities if lengthy delays obtaining regulator sign-off go unchecked, according to industry figures across the North.

Rachel Reeves said that work will start in the coming weeks on the £250m improvement programme between Manchester and Sheffield, a project in the works for close to half a century.

Despite the odds, the office market not only survived Brexit woes and Covid concerns – it positively thrived. But has Labour’s employer NI hike just spelt the end for the high-end office market? Plus: Peel ducks out at MediaCity and co-living picks up pace in Leeds.

The property industry will have to wait until spring to get answers regarding the deployment of the £5bn promised by government to support housing delivery.

Pension Insurance Corporation, Muse, and Homes England have formed a £54m joint venture, tasked with bringing forward 3,000 low-carbon, low-energy affordable homes for rent.

Housing, hospitals, and schools were all winners in Rachel Reeves’s first Budget as she reiterated her desire for more public investment and announced tax rises of £40bn.

Curious about what the Budget means for the North? Want to debate procurement, devolution, transportation, and planning reform? Place North Question Time will discuss it all.