Barker review of housing supply

1 January 2005

Briefings

July 2005
Implementing the Barker Report: or how to wreck the environment and ignore the homeless (PDF† - 159K)
Friends of the Earth's latest public briefing on the Barker Report explaining why we think it represents the most dramatic and radical change for planning, housing and regional policy since 1979.

Press Releases

July 2005
Government "to hand planning system over to the private sector"

February 2005
Prescott must follow "Sustainable Housing" talk with action

November 2004
Barker Report will not help those most in need

March 2004
Barker review: "A social and environmental disaster"

Evidence

July 2004
Housing: Building a sustainable future - supplementary evidence (PDF† - 193K)
Evidence given by Friends of the Earth to the House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee on the issue of housing in the wake of the Barker Review.

June 2004
Housing: Building a sustainable future (PDF† - 193K)
Evidence given by Friends of the Earth to the House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee on the issue of housing in the wake of the Barker Review.

Links

Friends of the Earth's Planning Portal
Our website dedicated to providing both information and campaign guidance for the new English Planning System.

Government Documents

Planning for Housing Provision - Consultation Paper
(PDF† - 193K)
This paper sets out the governments' objectives for delivering housing.

Environmental Audit Committee Report
(PDF† - 193K)

Contact

For more information or to comment on the Barker review of housing supply, contact Tim Sander at Friends of the Earth.

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