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NewsDLUHC targets 8,000 new homes through latest £80m brownfield funding pot
Local authorities encouraged to bid for funds to bring derelict sites back into use
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FeaturesWhat happens to development plans when a council goes ‘bankrupt’?
When a section 114 ‘bankruptcy’ notice is put in place, a council’s non-statutory services are restricted and housebuilding ‘goes to the back of the queue’. Yet the growing number of councils in this situation are finding ways to carry on building
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NewsNottingham City Council declares itself ‘bankrupt’ over £23m budget black hole
Council also issued a section 114 notice two years ago when it unlawfully used housing revenue funds to support other finances
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NewsFusion21 launches £250m repairs and maintenance framework
Framework to supply housing assocaitions and local authorities across country
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NewsGovernment to unveil planning overhaul
Housing secretary Robert Jenrick to spell out plans later today
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News'Think of local communities', Brokenshire tells housing developers
Housing secretary says focus shouldn’t just be on numbers of homes being built
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NewsGalliford Try to build new Ealing council HQ
Contractor signs deal to build £275m mixed-use scheme including 470 homes
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NewsScape boss calls for more council homes as number built falls of a cliff
Government data shows number of homes built for social rent has slumped 78% in a decade
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NewsGovernment's housebuilding target in danger of becoming a 'pipedream'
DCLG data shows net additional housing grew by just 2% in 2017/18
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NewsLendlease sues council that scrapped £2bn housing deal
But Haringey says its agreement was conditional and only owes contractor £500,000 for half the costs
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NewsMinisters extend probe to non-ACM cladding
Government set to ban aluminium composite material cladding but looking into other potentially flammable finishes
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NewsLeeds mixed-use scheme gets green light
City council approves development of six-acre site in Leeds’ South Bank district
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NewsShortlisted regions for £840m government transport fund revealed
Ten areas in the running for cash boost
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NewsKeepmoat posts record turnover
Housebuilder set to build more than 4,000 units as it reports profit up by 22%
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NewsMud flies as council rows with housebuilders over 'wrong kind of soil'
Scottish authority says soil Taylor Wimpey delivered for primary school job was ‘unsuitable’
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NewsHalf a million homes planned on Green Belt, say campaigners
Group says more brownfield land should be used to meet housing targets
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NewsEnfield looks for development partner for £6bn Meridian Water scheme
North London council scraps ‘master developer’ plan for regeneration project
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NewsGovernment publishes revised National Planning Policy Framework
Consultation results in new rules to empower councils and hit ambitious housebuilding targets
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NewsEast London estate revamp gets go-ahead
Barking Dagenham’s development firm Be First leads £250m project
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NewsLendlease to find out whether £2bn London housing deal is pulled next month
New leadership team at Haringey council campaigned against plan in last month’s local elections