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Make’s twice rejected student resi scheme in Paddington gets green light from City Hall

Andy Burnham unveils £1bn plan for thousands of homes across Manchester region

Small housebuilders are being pushed to the brink. What would the late Duncan Davidson do in this market?

Completions rise at Barratt Redrow, firm says in update

Developer Bywater switches plans for office scheme in Bermondsey to co-living

Awaab’s Law comes into force for social landlords

New towns programme needs minister with ‘sufficient rank’ to ensure cross-departmental support

Regeneration of overlooked communities alongside new towns will be vital if UK is to hit homebuilding target

Green light for Wates’ 1,000-home redevelopment of former Harrow council headquarters

Regulator grants gateway 2 approval for first volumetric scheme

Labour conference 2025: Housing secretary puts style over substance while Starmer takes aim at Reform

Three new town schemes to begin this parliament, promises housing secretary

Vistry and L&Q secure first gateway 2 approvals after 13-month wait

What does the appointment of Steve Reed as new housing secretary mean for housebuilding?

Basildon Council to end £300m repairs contract with Morgan Sindall

Rayner resigns as housing secretary

How Manchester is setting the pace for regeneration and urban living

How to find out what people really think about new homes

Robin Dobson named as chief executive of Network Rail’s new 40,000-home property developer

At HTA Design, they are building the case for better housing

Key appointments at Gleeson Homes are ‘statement of intent’

Plans in for 2,300-home redevelopment of former GSK headquarters

Plans to replace Blackfriars Crown Court with 600-bed student resi scheme

The housing sector was happy with the spending review – but lack of transport investment could scupper its delivery in London

Homes England’s £122m investment in 1,100-home Newcastle brownfield scheme approved

Modular housing prototype showcased at City Hall

BB Partnership gets consent for 800 student beds in Brent after redrawing scrapped housing scheme

Vita Group tables plans for co-living scheme at Glasgow’s Met Tower

Vistry snaps up former Rugeley Power Station site with plans for 2,300 homes

Who is Amy Rees? All you need to know about new Homes England chief

Revenue and completions up at Persimmon but profit blunted by CMA payment

Urban Splash and Igloo picked for Liverpool’s Festival Gardens regeneration scheme

Plans unveiled for 50-storey residential tower set to be Wales’ tallest building

Building safety reform was essential, but there’s lots more work still to do

How will government amendments to the Planning and Infrastructure Bill impact development?

Green light for AHMM’s Elephant & Castle student resi block

Nansledan: can design codes and long-term stewardship deliver better housing?

A year after the general election, what progress are we making towards 1.5 million homes?

London to receive up to 30% of government’s £39bn investment in social and affordable homes

Hundreds of signatures sign petition to rebuild Manchester’s Hotspur Press after fire

Small projects can have a big impact in pursuit of net zero and housebuilding goals

Ballymore lands TfL housing deal in Newham

New Elland Road football stadium development plans published

What will the Treasury’s Green Book review mean for construction?

Reeves to announce £39bn Affordable Homes Programme and 10-year social housing rent settlement

NAO urges government to level playing field in negotiations over developer contributions

Race starts for £1.5bn housing retrofit framework

Homes England boss calls on government to fix ‘unacceptably slow’ gateway 2 approvals

Don't scrimp on quality standards for new towns, taskforce chair tells housebuilders

Beyond the green belt review: Five things you might have missed in the London Plan consultation

‘I make it a virtue, I’ve changed my mind’: Khan talks up his green belt U-turn, but where might new homes be built?

Developer revives plan for homes on abandoned Camelot theme park site

Bath council approves 450 homes on banks of River Avon

Construction claims over sinkholes and landslips are on the rise

Squire & Partners’ £1.5bn Stag Brewery scheme approved on appeal

The Procurement Act is here – what does it mean for the construction industry?

Developers to boost height of Vauxhall towers scheme to 70 storeys after replacing lead architect

Wates and Havering council submit plans for 481-home regeneration of east London estate

Manchester approves four towers including UK’s tallest outside London

Allies & Morrison picked to develop 10,000-home masterplan on land around Old Trafford

Network Rail to build 40,000 homes in partnership with government-owned developer

Upgrading UK housing to EPC C rating could cost nearly £120bn, study finds

Khan calls in Make’s rejected student resi scheme in Paddington

Why most new homes are still being built to old standards

NPPF changes will result in 1.3 million homes built by the end of the parliament, OBR forecasts

Wates and London council submit plans for 1,000 homes on former civic centre site

Planning reforms a ‘red herring’ for unlocking economic growth, Arcadis cities boss says

Implementing the Building Safety Act in Wales

Planning inspector refuses ‘monolithic slab’ Stratford tower at appeal

Industry welcomes planning shake-up but tells government to ensure councils are adequately resourced

Housing Today’s Good Employment Report

AHMM gets planning for revised Southwark tube station resi tower that will replace office proposal

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Councils handed £9.3m to speed up work identifying grey belt sites

Here’s how we can deliver the right homes in the right places

The government’s Remediation Action Plan explained

Work on first new towns to ‘start within four years’ says Pennycook as 100 proposals submitted

BPF tells Reeves to find more money to clear backlog of schemes held up by new safety rules

Vistry team set for next phase of £1.2bn south London regen scheme

Rayner still ‘determined’ to hit 1.5 million homes target as she announces plan to digitise home buying

Vinci wins first phase of £350m Stockport regeneration scheme

Berkeley granted approval for Fosters-designed Fulham towers scheme

‘This is a growth story’… How Network Rail plans to become one of the UK’s biggest housebuilders

Government targets new homes around commuter hubs

Watkin Jones slashes losses to £300k after turbulent 18 months

Make Architects’ Paddington student accommodation scheme refused for the second time

Persimmon spent £60m on building safety remediation last year

Developer rethinks Canada Water scheme amid London office market slump

‘Frankly, what’s the alternative?’ Turley’s Stephen Bell applauds the government’s planning vision

Sexual harassment at work: employers’ new duties

Act now and make the new year a time of real change

The new NPPF: the time for waiting is over

NPPF: Government drops 50% affordable housing requirement for grey belt sites

Vistry and London Legacy Development Corporation launch Stratford housing joint venture

Former boss of Wates Residential to return in regional role after collapse of business venture

How can we make Henry Ford-style housebuilding work?

Government commits to fixing cladding on high-rises by end of 2029

In pictures: Phones 4u founder tops out £2bn luxury Mayfair housing development

Taylor Wimpey recruits former Marshalls boss to its board

John Prescott’s impact on the built environment should never be forgotten

Decision to scrap government design advisor Office for Place a ‘mistake’, says Nicholas Boys Smith

Rayner intervenes over 8,400-home scheme in Kent opposed by local council

How worried should the industry be about Vistry?

Decision on London towers scheme handed demolition order expected by end of next month

Plans submitted to redevelop 1960s tower evacuated due to safety concerns

Plans submitted for 1,200-home Birmingham tower scheme

Chancellor announces £3bn in guarantees for SME housebuilders

Homes England ‘supporting’ TopHat amid wind-down reports

Sutton council picks development partner for 740-home town centre regeneration

Government should create cross-departmental housing delivery unit, says report

Pennycook commits to new consumer code for housebuilders in CMA response

Rayner to be handed nearly £1bn to fund council housing drive, according to reports

PRP’s 600-home Wembley scheme approved

Good placemaking that endures is much more than a numbers game. Just look at King’s Cross…

Plans lodged for 1,500-home regeneration scheme in Woolwich

Proposals for 48-storey student tower in Birmingham sent in to planners

Vistry issues profit warning after build costs higher than estimated

Architect redesigns Haringey housing scheme paused by collapse of main contractor

Developer appoints new project team on stalled 24-storey Camden tower

Public-private alliance for zero-bills MMC homes launched in Liverpool

Labour overturns previous government’s rejection of controversial 350-home Cockfosters scheme

PLP’s Westferry Printworks scheme approved for the third time

Rayner sets up ‘accelerator’ team of officials to boost development on 200 stalled sites

Remediation of unsafe cladding on 2,300 residential buildings yet to start

Watkin Jones to build tallest residential building in Scotland

Partnerships and location are key to success of government’s new towns ambitions

Dozens of consultants appointed to £2bn housing framework

Take these steps now – and be ready for procurement reform

Allies & Morrison unveils plans for overhaul of National Crime Agency HQ

Birmingham approves 37-storey tower next to row of ‘rare and significant’ grade II-listed villas

Developer cuts affordable housing on 19-tower Lewisham scheme after being hit by £25m railway station bill

Will Labour’s proposed planning changes help to deliver more homes?

Kate Barker says housing market is worse today than it was 20 years ago

In the rush to build 1.5 million homes how do we safeguard quality?

Government launches Skills England initiative and brings in former Co-op boss to head it

New government sets out plans for housing and infrastructure in first King’s Speech

Planning reform expected to be at heart of today’s King’s Speech

Plans submitted for £1.7bn redevelopment of Edgware town centre

Berkeley forced to redesign another high-rise residential scheme

Labour removes ‘levelling up’ from department and ministerial titles

Only by building with factory precision can the next government hit housing targets

BSR issues clarification after confusion over unregistered building control approver

Only a quarter of tall buildings with unsafe cladding have completed remediation

England needs 550,000 new homes a year to solve housing shortage, says report

The making of Egham: how to pull a town centre up by its bootstraps

Warm welcome from industry for Labour’s ‘wealth creation’ manifesto

Lendlease’s £1.9bn Birmingham Smithfield plan gets green light

Liberal Democrats outline housing and net zero plans in manifesto

Lendlease’s £1.9bn Birmingham Smithfield plans recommended for approval again

Fix planning to fix housing? It’s just a mantra, not the truth

Barking and Dagenham council leader Darren Rodwell dropped as Labour candidate

Home Truths podcast: In conversation with Liz Peace

Foster & Partners cuts one tower from its Fulham Gas Works scheme in second staircase rejig

Haringey set to approve latest phase of Catalyst and Hill’s Tottenham hospital redevelopment

Sunak’s big election gamble: How the construction sector reacted

Rayner announces 40% affordable housing target for New Towns

Home Truths podcast: In conversation with Toby Lloyd, former No 10 adviser

Home Truths podcast: In conversation with Jennie Daly at Taylor Wimpey

‘We wouldn’t be doing it if it wasn’t wanted’: Duchy of Cornwall's project team defends 2,500-home Faversham scheme

Home Truths podcast: In conversation with Peter Freeman at Homes England

Building Talks podcast teams up with Jackie Sadek and Peter Bill for housing crisis series

Influential Conservative think tank backs Labour’s ‘grey belt’ plans

Developer team planning Liverpool mixed-use tower cluster after buying site from Peel Waters

Ballymore revives plans for 1,600-home Newham neighbourhood

McLaren signs development deal for £1.1bn York Central scheme

Government relying on ‘optimistic assumptions’ on heat pumps, NAO warns

Green light for massive expansion of Filton airfield redevelopment at Bristol

Populo Living’s £1bn Carpenters Estate regeneration plans finally approved

Key points from the CMA’s housebuilding report

CMA investigates UK’s biggest housebuilders over ‘anti-competitive behaviour’

Council seeks contractors for £3bn London housing framework

Developer working on plans for seven-towers scheme opposite O2 Arena

AHMM redesigns third London scheme to add second staircases

Barratt deal would not have been necessary if not for ‘dire’ housing market, says Redrow founder

London Plan review says Khan’s strategy ‘frustrates brownfield delivery’

Development partners sought for £1.5bn mixed-use framework

Biodiversity net gain rules come into force

Gove unveils pre-election plans to address the housing crisis

Starmer pledges to ‘reform housing’ in address to CIH

Student housing leading ‘remarkable’ transformation of regional cities, Deloitte report finds

Scheme to turn London brewery into £1.5bn mixed-use job approved for third time after second staircase changes

TfL scouting for development partner for 1,500-home Newham scheme

Knight Dragon brings in new chief executive

Second staircase disruption strikes Telford Homes scheme

Plans aired for £250m Stockport neighbourhood under grade II*-listed viaduct

Plans lodged for 7,000-home neighbourhood in Edinburgh

‘It’s been a torrid time’: Modulous boss Chris Bone on the offsite housing firm’s collapse

Economic woes send London Square into the red

Two-thirds of £4.2bn Housing Infrastructure Fund remains unspent

Gove launches consultation to increase transparency of land trust ownership

Gove’s London Plan review to be delivered within weeks

Developers forced to wait as Manchester council defers decision on 5,000 student rooms

Two more student housing towers submitted for planning

Plans submitted for 35-storey tower in Leeds

Housebuilders chasing £1bn development framework

What happens to development plans when a council goes ‘bankrupt’?

Developer unveils plan for record-breaking 76-storey tower in Manchester

Manchester refuses Simpson Haugh student housing scheme for fourth time

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