The supporters of the ‘we must build more houses’ approach think they have the answer to housing problems. It’s so simple; you just eviscerate the planning system and let developers build, and with more houses/flats about all the issues – high prices, affordability, etc just disappear. But as is often the case simple ‘solutions’ are not solutions at all. So what are the flaws?

Every article misses to include the housing numbers are because of how high immigration is. Latest ONS stats show an extra 1.25 million immigrants EVERY year that need to be housed. The infrastructure NHS, services, GP surgeries, sewage and drainage all overstretched. Why is such a key factor excluded from the article?