All articles by Joey Gardiner – Page 12
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NewsTelford Homes brings in new chief executive
CBRE-owned build to rent housebuilder hires experienced real estate investment boss
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NewsFormer Mace boss joins Taylor Wimpey board
Appointment comes amid build cost rises and after pressure from activist investor to ‘enhance’ non-executive team
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NewsGovernment reveals data behind £4bn fire safety repair bill claim
Claim based on desk-based survey of 2,856 buildings, with a quarter of bill to remediate social housing sector homes
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FeaturesNutrient pollution: a developing problem with no solution in sight
A legal requirement that new homes do not pollute wetlands, rivers and nature reserves has halted developments across large parts of England
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CommentThe anti-developers have won as government signals full retreat on planning
We have come a very long way indeed from the planning white paper set out by Robert Jenrick in August 2020, writes Joey Gardiner
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NewsNew infrastructure tax to be levied on schemes’ gross development value
Details of proposed Infrastructure Levy emerge as government publishes Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill
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NewsQueen’s Speech 2022: environmental assessment shake-up included in planning reforms
Reforms included as part of levelling up agenda but no space in Queen’s Speech for stand-alone Planning Bill
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NewsBarratt boss hits out at Gove’s £3bn levy plan
David Thomas brands cladding levy unfair, unjust and disproportionate
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FeaturesWhatever 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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NewsHousebuilders hit back over £3bn levy plan
HBF says levy ‘unacceptable’ while fears voice over impact on ’innocent’ SME builders
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NewsGove announces plan for £3bn developer levy
Plan revealed as housing secretary says 35 housebuilders now signed up to cladding pledge
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NewsCountryside to cut staff and rethink MMC strategy
Boss of partnerships housebuilder blames poor performance on too rapid expansion and modular facilities
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NewsPersimmon the next housebuilder to sign up to Gove cladding deal
Firm confirms ‘developer pledge’ will see housebuilders repair blocks going back 30 years
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NewsCrest 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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NewsHousebuilders 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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NewsLondon mayor gives Bishopsgate Goodsyard scheme green light
Drastically revised 500-home Ballymore and Hammerson project given green light
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NewsIndustry calls for more action on promised retrofit programme
Chancellor’s energy efficiency VAT cut welcomed but more investment needed to improve homes, argue sector bodies
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FeaturesThe true cost of Gove’s new cladding policy on the housing sector
Michael Gove’s announcement that housebuilders will foot the £4bn cladding repair bill sparked a share price nosedive. Is the City overreacting?
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NewsGovernment shares moral responsibility for fire safety clean-up, says Taylor Wimpey boss
Pete Redfern claims Grenfell Inquiry proceedings reveal role of government as negotiations with housebuilders over £4bn cladding bill continue