Joey Gardiner
Covers: Housing, planning, regeneration and public policy. Also leads Building's news analysis section and undertakes special investigations
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NewsJenrick announces plan to break dominance of volume housebuilders
Housing secretary says planning reforms will have failed if ‘market concentration’ is not reduced
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Building Beautiful chair to head up new design quango
Nicholas Boys Smith will also lead ‘expert group’ to advise government on housing design
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Build 75,000 modular homes a year, new report tells government
Move would see off-site lose ‘cottage industry’ status, says MMC champion Mark Farmer
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MPs tell government to stop bickering with building owners and sort out cladding woes
Public Accounts Committee says housing ministry must get a grip of delays in removing flammable material
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Gleeson says demand for homes has returned after covid sinks annual profit
Housebuilder see bottom line fall by 86%
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Hawkins\Brown west London tower OK’d after public inquiry
L&Q plan for 18-storey tower close to historic Kew Gardens had been opposed by local council
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Vistry expects strong second half after pandemic pushes it to interim loss
But housebuilder formed from Bovis-Linden merger says demand for homes now strongest in years
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Government 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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Competition watchdog launches action against top housebuilders
Four of the UK’s biggest listed builders are facing action over mis-selling leasehold homes
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Brick sales hit 2020 high point
Official figures show brick deliveries, seen as an indicator of housebuilding activity, returning to near pre-crisis levels
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Housebuilders remain cautious as furlough draws to a close
Senior industry figures say market risks are holding back investment
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Campaigners push ahead with permitted development rights legal challenge
Judicial review of new permitted developments rights, which came into force yesterday, launched
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David Montague to leave L&Q
Long-standing chief executive says ‘time is right for a new challenge’
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London Square forced to secure loan covenant waivers
Fast growing resi developer feels impact of covid crisis but says it has support of lenders
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Permitted development rights extension facing legal challenge
Campaign group issues “pre-action” letter warning of judicial review over controversial planning deregulation
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Former civil service boss wades into planning reforms
Lord Kerslake says plans risk hit to affordable housing delivery
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MMC scheme submitted for planning by north London council’s housing company
Barnet Homes will use modular system developed by architect RCKa
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Bellway sees completions slump by a third
Housebuilder says sales rates have now partially recovered from lockdown collapse
- Comment
The devil will be in the detail of Jenrick’s planning reforms
The white paper begs many questions. It could take years to find the answers
