Housing – Page 139
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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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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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NewsCelebrated urbanist and planner Peter Hall dies
Peter Hall, the celebrated planner, urbanist and geographer, has died
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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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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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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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NewsPlanning stats: Residential projects and approvals in June
Barratt Homes is top housing client, while residential development in June continued on an even keel
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NewsGalliford Try twice walked away from Miller deal
Firm took tough stance in negotiations to drive down price; Miller Construction chief to stay with Miller Group
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NewsBarratt profit set to double
Housebuilder says it sold the greatest number of homes for the last six years in 2014 trading year
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NewsGalliford Try buys Miller Construction
Firm pays just £16.6m for £410m turnover construction business
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NewsGalliford Try set to report record profit
Contractor says pre-tax profit will hit top end of analysts’ forecasts in trading update
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NewsAllowable solutions consultation dodges carbon price
Long awaited consultation sets out some further details of offsetting system but key issues remain undecided
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NewsCompulsory training needed to tackle 'performance gap'
Major review by Zero Carbon Hub finds the industry needs cultural revolution to deliver buildings that perform to design