All housing articles – Page 6
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FeaturesRethinking Design: housebuilders’ initial responses to the pandemic
Covid-19 is having a profound impact on what people now want from their homes, with bigger houses and outdoor space top of the wishlist. How should housing design reflect these new priorities?
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CommentWrong answers to wrong questions: why the planning proposals are flawed
The planning system needs wholesale reform but this white paper is not how to do it, writes Julia Park
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NewsDevelopers chasing £100m deal for Hertfordshire housing scheme
Local council granting developer 250 year lease for the site
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NewsScarborough council puts firms on notice for £250m affordable homes deal
Market engagement exercise underway
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NewsGovernment dismisses call to expand £1.6bn cladding fund
Housing ministry says building owners should meet costs of repairing unsafe high-rises
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NewsPlans lodged for £45m Sunderland housing scheme
Homes will be the first of a 900-unit scheme if approved
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NewsConsultants win spots on housing framework
Nearly 40 firms appointed to deal across North and Midlands
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NewsHousebuilders on notice for £5bn Welsh housing framework
Two year framework will cover 16 Welsh counties
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NewsHampshire housing scheme OK’d after Morgan Sindall comes up with plan to cut nitrate leaks
House building in county blamed by Natural England for raising level of pollutant into local habitat
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NewsSeddon lands £18m Manchester resi job
Scheme will be built on site of former Trafford Magistrates Court
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FeaturesTen weeks that shook the housing market
We went into lockdown with one housing market and came out of it with quite another. Joey Gardiner reports on what the pandemic means for developers of high-rise housing
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NewsKhan wants emergency measures to support London housebuilding
London mayor asks for faster access to cash to support capital’s housing sector
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NewsSurveyors lay into government’s planning reforms
RICS joins RIBA in slamming proposals to allow developers to pull down vacant buildings without planning permission
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NewsGovernment planning reforms include ‘zonal approach’
Deregulatory proposals come alongside plans to expand controversial permitted development rules
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NewsGovernment to unveil planning overhaul
Housing secretary Robert Jenrick to spell out plans later today
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NewsSunak delivers ‘jam tomorrow’ Budget
Billions for infrastructure and housing, but new chancellor’s announcements were short on detail
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NewsCautious approval for Sunak’s first Budget
Chancellor pledges billions to fund industry projects
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NewsConstruction output dips in January
But latest ONS figures show three-month improvement thanks to rise in new work
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NewsAssociations forecast £17bn new homes spend in 2020
Investment would represent an increase of a third on 2019