All Building articles in Building Homes March 2004
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FeaturesOutside: Now/next
Brick systems slip up cladding popularity charts – or you can have render, terracotta, zinc, polished masonry, reconstituted stone … And over the page, this month's products take in a Bristol marina, the south bank of the Thames, the Peak District and the Wiltshire Downs. We're so good to you
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NewsMersey modernism
Bellway Homes is about to announce another fine set of figures in its interim results next month, aided by schemes like this – the landmark Pall Mall in Liverpool's city centre. The 159-unit project was designed by Falconer Chester and includes this new-build block as well as refurbishments. The off-plan ...
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Features
Factfile
Planning approvals The need for Kate Barker's recommendations is plain to see, as planning approvals continue at a low level.The only bright spot is the high-demand, high-value South-east, where approvals almost reached four figures New-build completions Winter weather has done little to hold back build rates, and sales ...
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News
Doorstepping
All the talk may be of housing undersupply, but you wouldn't know it from looking at Persimmon's results. The country's second biggest housebuilder managed to deliver more than 12,000 homes and has a landbank of nearly five years. But John White, the chief executive, still has plenty to say on ...
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Comment
Three cheers for kate
Kate Barker's review is, as you would expect, a weighty report, but housebuilders will find all 158 tightly-written pages of it pretty happy reading.
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Features
What customers think of brownfield
Agent King Sturge asked 400 homeowners and tenants from seven cities what it's like living in urban redevelopment areas …
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Features
Where has all the land gone?
The government has used the planning system to force developers to put most of their residential developments on brownfield land. And it did to for excellent reasons. Unfortunately, the consequences have been dire.
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News
Where has all the land gone?
The government has used the planning system to force developers to put most of their residential developments on brownfield land. And it did to for excellent reasons. Unfortunately, the consequences have been dire.