Ground LevelInvestigative, data-driven reporting on Britain's planning and housing systems.https://thegroundlevel.co.uk/en-gbHow land gets its value, and who keeps it.https://thegroundlevel.co.uk/articles/land-value/https://thegroundlevel.co.uk/articles/land-value/The arithmetic underneath the English housing crisis.Tue, 23 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTThe EditorThe neighbourhood plan, and what it can actually do.https://thegroundlevel.co.uk/articles/neighbourhood-plan/https://thegroundlevel.co.uk/articles/neighbourhood-plan/The most democratic tool in the planning system, and the one with the least power when the system is under pressure.Tue, 16 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTThe EditorThe infrastructure that doesn't exist yet.https://thegroundlevel.co.uk/articles/infrastructure/https://thegroundlevel.co.uk/articles/infrastructure/How water, roads, schools, and GP surgeries are supposed to arrive alongside new housing, and why they don't.Tue, 09 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTThe EditorSection 106 and the Community Infrastructure Levy.https://thegroundlevel.co.uk/articles/section-106/https://thegroundlevel.co.uk/articles/section-106/Two mechanisms for making developers pay for what development needs, and why both are under strain.Tue, 02 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTThe EditorThe Local Plan, and why most of England does not have one.https://thegroundlevel.co.uk/articles/the-local-plan/https://thegroundlevel.co.uk/articles/the-local-plan/The document that decides where houses go, how it gets made, what happens when it fails, and what happens without it.Tue, 26 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTThe EditorViability, density, and why every estate looks the same.https://thegroundlevel.co.uk/articles/viability-density-design/https://thegroundlevel.co.uk/articles/viability-density-design/The product range, the economics behind it, and a planning system that cannot demand anything better.Tue, 19 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTThe EditorWhat "affordable" actually means, and what it costs.https://thegroundlevel.co.uk/articles/what-affordable-means/https://thegroundlevel.co.uk/articles/what-affordable-means/The gap between what the planning system calls affordable and what a local worker can pay.Tue, 12 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTThe EditorThe five-year supply, the tilted balance, and why your council can't say no.https://thegroundlevel.co.uk/articles/the-five-year-supply/https://thegroundlevel.co.uk/articles/the-five-year-supply/The mechanism that hands control to developers when a council falls behind.Tue, 05 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTThe EditorWhat the standard method is, and what it is not.https://thegroundlevel.co.uk/articles/the-standard-method/https://thegroundlevel.co.uk/articles/the-standard-method/A formula, a set of inputs, and a missing cap. Three things, in order.Tue, 28 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTThe EditorThe Housing Algorithm.https://thegroundlevel.co.uk/articles/the-housing-algorithm/https://thegroundlevel.co.uk/articles/the-housing-algorithm/How a government formula is overriding local democracy, ignoring physical reality, and reshaping rural England.Thu, 23 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTThe Editor