Builders have welcomed the Governments National Infrastructure Plan which will see housing delivery viewed in a more comprehensive way.

The Federation of Master Builders (FMB) said it shows a welcome emphasis on the importance of small sites for housing delivery.

Brian Berry, Chief Executive of the FMB, said: "As well as announcements on major developments, like a new garden town at Bicester, determination to speed up planning and releasing more public land, there is an equal focus on the importance of small developments in meeting long term housing need.

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"Government, at a central and local authority level, can fall into the trap of being excessively focused on large projects, at the risk of ignoring the enormous cumulative capacity of small sites to deliver new housing. One of the major barriers which small house builders face in bringing forward small developments is the disproportionate cost and complexity which the planning process tends to inflict on minor applications."

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