To successfully meet growing house demand in the UK a renewed focus is needed on local transport infrastructure, according to Turley.

Party conference commitments to build hundreds of thousands of new homes across the UK are good news for the economic and social health of the country. However, the national planning consultant has urged the next government to support the UK's vital need for more housing with a co-ordinated, forward thinking infrastructure plan.

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Greg Dickson, Associate Director for Turley, said: "It is good news that there seems to be cross-party support for house building, which is clearly a top priority in the run up to the next election. Yet noticeable by its absence is mention of the infrastructure that is required to support it.

"We are concerned that there is a growing disconnect between the policy makers' growth agenda for housing and respect given to the necessary infrastructure that supports it."

(CD/IT)