Housing News – Page 8
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NewsSteve Reed appointed housing secretary
Former Lambeth council leader succeeds Angela Rayner, who stood down earlier today after underpaying stamp duty on a flat
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NewsPlans in for 9,000 new homes on former RAF base in Oxfordshire
Proposals include affordable homes, assisted living units and homes for key workers
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NewsKier appoints MD to residential development business
Alexandra Conway appointed to new role at £70m-turnover Kier Property
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NewsPlans for Romford town centre revamp get planning despite 2,500 objections
Fletcher Priest, Allies & Morrison and Maccreanor Lavington secure approval for 1,000-home scheme amid backlash over loss of local mosque
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NewsHousing association asks High Court to clarify Vistry’s responsibility for fire safety defects
Housebuilder rejects responsibility over historic defects in Salford flats built by subsidiary Countryside
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NewsUK needs 100,000 ‘beautiful’ council homes a year to solve affordable housing crisis, report claims
Policy Exchange report calls for new social housing boom which learns from ‘traumatic’ legacy of brutalist post-war estates
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NewsPlans in for resi towers scheme in north London
Proposals would see row of six high-rise blocks built on site near Hendon station
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NewsPlans for £48.5m housing scheme in Birmingham
2.5 acre site in Soho Hill set to deliver 115 homes and flats alongside an 80-bed care home
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NewsHomes England’s £122m investment in 1,100-home Newcastle brownfield scheme approved
Package will pay to fix complex land issues that have kept site derelict for decades
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NewsBellway increases completions 14%
Housebuilder says local authorities “taking time” to adopt to new planning framework
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NewsTaylor Wimpey and Pocket Living figures among six appointed to building regulations review panel
New panel will review approved documents in line with Grenfell Inquiry recommendations
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NewsHomes England brings in former prisons chief as new chief executive
Amy Rees to take up role next month
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NewsPlans for 950 homes on Edinburgh brownfield site submitted
Scheme intended to be 35% affordable
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NewsHousebuilder chaired by former Persimmon boss increases fire safety provision to more than £100m
Avant admits figure could change as its works its way through which buildings need remediation
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NewsPersimmon and Barratt Redrow get green light for 2,500-home development in Wiltshire
Scheme will be built in Trowbridge
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NewsNew planning application submitted for 1,300 homes at UK’s largest self build scheme
Nearly 800 homes have been built so far at site in Oxfordshire
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NewsFormer Lendlease developments boss to head up new company set to build 40,000 homes on surplus railway land
Bek Seeley to run government-owned Platform4 formed from merger of Network Rail property arm and LCR
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NewsTaylor Wimpey the latest housebuilder to put supply chain on notice as fresh £222m cladding safety hit plunges firm to £92m loss
Defects discovered in past few months relate to cavity barriers behind brickwork and render
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NewsRevenue and profit down at Cala after sale to private equity
Increase in provisions blunts housebuilder’s bottom line
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NewsMore than 20 firms land spots on new build housing framework
National contractors and local builders appointed to initiative