Motivated reasoning.

Thanks, I can see it's tricky. I think it'd be an interesting exercise, at least, stick some big error margins around the central scenario, what impact will this actually have and what are the policy options?

Yes I did some work on that in 2011 inc a model to safeguard privacy, it could be sold to drivers as also saving them the complicated admin and maybe enabling monthly rather than annual payments.

Do you think it would be possible to estimate the squeeze on PRS supply, the extent to which home ownership might supplant it across the stock, and the £ required for social housing providers to soak up the rest? A coordinated strategy, if shrinking the PRS is your aim.

I don't understand the rationale for paying in advance and reconciling, it's bad enough having to do that with self-assessments for income tax and NICs on variable incomes, making personal finances much more lumpy and complicated. Why not just pay in arrears with each VED assessment?!

Ah, yes, maybe they've fixed it.

Ah okay, thanks for that specific context!

One explanation is that there are different approaches to density, and some of the de-densification is getting right of unpopular (and sometimes unsafe) tower blocks in wastelands of grass which aren't the built form that produces density (in the main) in France & Japan (4-9 storey blocks)

Interesting analysis @housingpaul.bsky.social, the party's policy used to be more moderate in wanting to reverse the growth of the PRS and return to a tenure split with a far greater share of social housing.

I'd also point out a v.big chunk of the Vienna housing is co-ops 😀

As I wrote in my blog, I'm sure there is a lot of scope to build sustainable settlements near stations. But unless the minister's 'suitable' is doing a lot of heavy lifting it risks just being bad planning and a gimmick.

It's a start, yes, for maybe 1 in 14 journeys - and probably fewer if you're talking about a village with a station and few local jobs/services. How about starting with the other 13 in 14 journeys? Why give specific status to the 1? Why not also apply it to bus stops? Does walking distance matter?

But not to most jobs that most people do. Mostly people will just drive. The RTPI looked at this some years ago, and I wrote about it here: tomchance.org/2019/11/07/t...

I don't think proximity to a train station should confer any special status, it's not an indication of much in and of itself.

But most journeys are not train commutes to London. They're local journeys that will be by car unless you build sustainable settlements with good active travel and public transport provision to access jobs, schools, doctors, shops, etc.

We'll be including this as an ask for the elections next year with our members in Wales.