Housing
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NewsBerkeley defends decision to cut affordable housing to 8% in controversial Peckham scheme
Planning Inspectorate launches eight days of hearings into 877-home Aylesham Centre redevelopment
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NewsHowells wins outline consent for Edgbaston Street Gardens development at appeal
Plans assume relocation of Bull Ring Indoor Market traders to David Kohn Architects’ new market hall within Lendlease’s Smithfield development
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NewsMixed sector reaction to ‘emergency’ package to boost London’s housebuilding market
Doubts remain about impact on affordable housing delivery and effectiveness in tackling demand
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NewsGovernment and City Hall confirm two-year cut in affordable housing requirements from 35% to 20%
Long-awaited package of support to boost housebuilding in London also includes changes to design standards, relief from levies and changes to mayoral powers
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NewsWatkin Jones gets green light for 800 homes in Edinburgh
News comes day after trading update which predicted revenue fall
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NewsBPF calls for tax reforms in next month’s Budget to kickstart development
Trade group says changes needed to reverse drop-off in new homes being built
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NewsJohn Lewis gets green light for 170-home BTR scheme in Reading
£70m project designed by architect Carey Jones Chapman Tolcher
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NewsBellway sees profit and completions rise but warns on lingering ‘weak consumer sentiment’
Housebuilder says worries about household finances grow ahead of next month’s Budget
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NewsMcCarthy Stone appoints former Redrow boss as CEO
Matthew Pratt lands role at later living giant as John Tonkiss stands down
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NewsDeputy mayor overturns London council’s decision to refuse residential tower planning
Bexley council had previously said 25-storey block was too tall and would impact nearby abbey
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NewsL&Q boss accuses HBF of ‘whinging’ over section 106 take-up
Working with ‘unregulated cowboy’ S106 managing agents poses a risk to regulatory compliance, Fiona Fletcher-Smith tells conference
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NewsBuilding publishes key report into new infrastructure funding
Private finance is essential if government is to deliver key major projects, report unveiled at Building the Future conference in London concludes
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NewsViability and funding are the biggest obstacles councils face in delivering homes, report finds
Research published by the Housing Forum and campaign group 1.5M New Homes at Building’s Building the Future event in London today
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News‘Thousands’ of homes at risk of not being built because of section 106 impasse, HBF warns
Group adds 700 housing developments stalled because of registered providers not buying affordable housing units
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NewsMHCLG appoints former Fosters partner as interim chief construction adviser
Appointment made in response to Grenfell Inquiry recommendation
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NewsHousing minister denies government has tasked Tory peer with writing second planning bill
Pennycook says ’bulk of reform’ has been done and warns organisations not to delay delivery
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NewsWatkin Jones signs deal to develop tallest residential building in Scotland
Student accommodation job will reach 36 storeys
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NewsSector leaders welcome new towns announcement but warn of viability and infrastructure challenges
Calls for Homes England to step in and ‘de-risk’ 40%-affordable sites amid persistent construction cost hikes ...