Churchill CEO slams ‘red tape’ as housebuilder records drop in revenue and profit

By Daniel Gayne2025-01-03T11:44:00

Spencer J McCarthy, Chairman & CEO, Churchill Retirement Living

Spencer J McCarthy said regulatory burdens had resulted in higher build costs for the retirement housing developer

Under resourced planning departments and red tape forced more than half of Churchill Living’s planning applications through the appeals process last year, its chief executive has said.

In the retirement living developers results for the year ended 30 June 2024, company chief and chair Spencer J McCarthy said that while Churchill had Achieved successful planning consents for 499 units across 12 sites (compared with 771 in 2023), the majority had been won through appeal.

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