On 3rd October 2025 A new housebuilding report – published this week by by Key Cities – called Turbocharging Housebuilding in Cities and Urban Areas shows that nature is not a major blocker. Despite the Government’s rhetoric that nature is a blocker on housebuilding, the report highlights that “costs and finance”, “land availability”, “developer delays” and “skills shortages” all come ahead of issues relating to the “planning system”. See the replicated statistics below.