All Housing articles – Page 174
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NewsPlanning stats: Residential projects and approvals in July 2014
Residential schemes in the North and Midlands are almost level-pegging - and both ahead of the South-west
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CommentThe calm before the storm
Westminster will soon be a flurry of activity before the general election - and construction is at the heart of the public policy debate
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NewsLend Lease buys south London site for housing scheme
Lend Lease plans to develop a 905-home scheme on site in Deptford, South-east London
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NewsSkanska wins role on £1bn Cambridge scheme
Contractor to provide infrastructure and logistical services for the first phase of the huge housing-led North West Cambridge project
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NewsLabour reaffirms zero carbon homes pledge
Shadow housing minister hits out at government’s failure to implement zero carbon homes agenda
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NewsGovernment unveils fresh planning shake-up
New set of planning reforms unveiled as part of extensive government consultation
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NewsPrivate housing continues to drive growth
NHBC figures show number of new homes rose 9% in second quarter - but number of public homes falls 11%
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NewsHousing stats: New-build sales and completions in June
Sales, registrations and completions are up across the board, with both private and public sectors growing
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CommentWe must re-empower small and medium-sized housebuilders
Tthe current dominance of volume house builders has caused concerns for location and housing quality
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NewsCelebrated urbanist and planner Peter Hall dies
Peter Hall, the celebrated planner, urbanist and geographer, has died
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CommentA failure to plan
If housing is a long-term priority for the UK, the planning system does not recognise it
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NewsGalliford Try moves into top 10 contractors
Building’s annual Top 150 contractors and housebuilders league sees the firm move up to eighth
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FeaturesTop 150 contractors and housebuilders 2014
Building’s annual list of the UK’s biggest performers in the construction sector shows that housebuilders have enjoyed the past 12 months most. But many predict the tides are ready to turn for contractors, as Joey Gardiner reports
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CommentHow does your garden grow?
Garden cities hold out the attractive prospect of helping meet the demand for new housing, but political, financial and planning obstacles could nip them in the bud
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NewsGo ahead for Canary Wharf's massive Wood Wharf scheme
Tower Hamlets gives outline permission to 30 new buildings in London’s Docklands, including over 3,000 homes
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NewsTesco plans to build 4,000 UK homes
Retailer announces housebuilding push as chief executive departs on further profit warning
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NewsGreen light for next phase of £250m Old Vinyl Factory scheme
Housing developer Hub strikes deal to build 213 homes on the site of the Old Vinyl Factory development in west London
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FeaturesHousing Design Awards 2014: Addresses to impress
From radical warehouse conversions to art deco elderly care, this year’s Housing Design Awards show an industry emerging from the recession with a spring in its step and unafraid to experiment
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NewsBoris seeks greater powers over public sector land
Mayor of London urges government to give him new posers to to take control of public land in the capital
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CommentThe World Cup's over - but Passivhaus is not
Steve Douglas on how a footballing trip to Brazil resulted in an unexpected lesson in low carbon housebuilding