Since being appointed as the new government, Labour has sprung out of the gates with bold promises to revolutionise the construction sector. 

Labour's ambitions, which include building 1.5 million homes using the grey belt and developing a new generation of towns, are good news for the construction, housing and social housing sectors.

Angela Rayner's appointment as secretary of state for housing, communities, and local government was one of the major choices.

Labour's manifesto promises a lot of hope. Specifically, funding for the hiring of much-needed planning officers and the immediate revision of the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) are welcomed, as well as the reinstatement of housing targets for local authorities.

However Richard Greenwood, director at EN build does say one cannot stress the risk of making a promise without a strategy.

To see this housing and planning revolution, education is needed as the industry does not have an excess amount of planners. 

There are currently only 11 approved planning apprenticeships worldwide, according to the Royal Town Planning Institute; in order to address the recruitment crisis, we will need to do better.

This is positive and optimistic news and hopefully we can achieve what has been set out as the future needs that hope.