As has been explained many times: it's the developers who are the 'blockers'.

FactCheck: England’s million missing homes – Channel 4 News
https://www.channel4.com/news/factcheck/factcheck-englands-million-missing-homes

#housing #DeveloperLobby

Developer lobby got a concession with Gove's deadly water pollution decision. But they want more
NB they have NOTHING to offer for the housing crisis."
"Repeal of water pollution rules won’t solve England’s housing crisis, say developers | Michael Gove | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/aug/29/repeal-of-water-pollution-rules-wont-solve-englands-housing-crisis-say-developers
#HousingCrisis #DeveloperLobby #Gove #UKPlannning

Among other things we take issue with the developers' contention that brownfields first means homelessness. Spurious rubbish and you'd think a KC would know better than to argue such twaddle.
And here's a review of a book that exposes developer culpability in the actual creation of homelessness.
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2020/apr/30/fatcat-developers-created-our-housing-crisis-heres-how-to-stop-them
#GreaterManchester #Planning #Homelessness #DeveloperLobby