All Housing articles – Page 11
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News
Redrawn Norwich homes plan submitted for planning after original scheme kicked out
Weston Homes forced into rethink after government refused to green light 20-storey tower proposal
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Features
Whatever happened to those radical planning reforms?
It was meant to be a planning revolution that generations of politicians had ducked. Then (almost) everything changed
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News
Contractors and architects should pay up for cladding costs too, products chief says
All parts of the construction industry bear responsibility for crisis, CPA boss says following breakdown of government talks
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Comment
Heat pumps: no silver bullet in the journey to net zero
Government incentives for pumps and solar panels look like token gestures when the real focus should be on making existing homes more energy efficient
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News
Contractors on notice for £120m second phase of Hackney regen scheme
First part of development was completed by Morgan Sindall
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News
Housebuilders hit back over £3bn levy plan
HBF says levy ‘unacceptable’ while fears voice over impact on ’innocent’ SME builders
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News
‘Too many unknowns’ to pay up, products group tells Gove
Industry body queries firms’ ‘connectivity’ to at-risk buildings in wake of housing secretary’s anger at sector’s response to cladding pledge
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News
Gove promises ‘reputational consequences’ for products firms after cladding talks break down
Housing secretary said he would do “whatever it takes” to hold firms to account for the building safety crisis
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News
Pickles denies being ‘spectacularly out of touch’ with own department on building regulations
Former housing minister gets number of victims wrong in tense exchanges with Grenfell QC
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Pickles complains about being questioned at Grenfell Inquiry as he had ‘busy day’ planned
Former housing minister told QC this morning to ‘use your time wisely’ as he had a ’number of international guests coming in to see me’
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News
Fire safety review before Grenfell not delayed by deregulation, Eric Pickles tells inquiry
Former housing secretary calls claims made by officials they were hampered by red tape cuts “ludicrous”
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News
Government had ‘completely false picture’ of fire safety before Grenfell fire, former housing minister admits
Gavin Barwell says there was a “clear presumption” that review of building regulations was not life critical
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News
Building Awards unveils two new categories as entries open for 2022
New awards recognise positive contributions in areas of people strategy and net zero
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News
Former minister in charge of building regulations had never heard of flawed fire rating
Stephen Williams says he only learned of banned Class 0 rating at yesterday’s hearing of Grenfell Inquiry
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News
Crest Nicholson signs Gove’s ‘building safety pledge’ to fix tower blocks
Housebuilder first to confirm it will ink agreement and estimates cost will be up to £120m
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News
Former minister denies deregulation was prioritised over life safety before Grenfell fire
James Wharton tells inquiry he thought regulations had been “fit for purpose and working well”
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News
Housebuilders and Gove close to deal on cladding repairs
Negotiators are finalising text of pledge to remediate unsafe housing blocks but issue of funding for “orphan” buildings remains unresolved
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News
Former housing minister denies ‘aversion’ to regulation on fire safety
Brandon Lewis is the first government minister to provide evidence to the Grenfell Inquiry
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News
Fatal 2009 cladding fire not ‘severe’ enough to prompt investigation into similar buildings, Grenfell inquiry hears
Brian Martin also admits being ‘horrified’ by senior building control officer’s misunderstanding of fire safety guidance
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News
Senior civil servant admits missing opportunities to address risks of ACM cladding
Brian Martin tells Grenfell Inquiry he ‘struggles to understand’ why he did not take action