Berkeley warns flat delivery times have jumped to eight years

Berkeley has launched a scathing attack on Britain’s planning and regulatory system, warning it now takes at least eight years to deliver an apartment building in London compared with five years a decade ago.
Executive chair Rob Perrins said the ever-lengthening process of securing planning permission, agreeing Section 106 obligations, satisfying statutory consultees, clearing pre-commencement conditions and obtaining Building Safety Regulator approvals was choking investment and stifling