All Housing articles – Page 3
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Comment
Take these steps now – and be ready for procurement reform
Contractors need to prepare for the introduction of the Procurement Act in October. Here’s how, says Jane Brighouse
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News
Allies & Morrison unveils plans for overhaul of National Crime Agency HQ
Developer releases first images of proposals for major residential scheme on Vauxhall site
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News
Birmingham approves 37-storey tower next to row of ‘rare and significant’ grade II-listed villas
Councillors give 462-home scheme the nod despite Historic England objection
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Developer cuts affordable housing on 19-tower Lewisham scheme after being hit by £25m railway station bill
Renewal Group’s 3,500-home Surrey Canal Triangle masterplan includes station originally set to be funded by the government
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Comment
Will Labour’s proposed planning changes help to deliver more homes?
This week has been dominated by housing policy including a new towns task force and proposals to build more homes in more places including the green belt. Thomas Lane assesses what implications the proposals may have for new housing supply
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News
Kate Barker says housing market is worse today than it was 20 years ago
New Barker housing commission has sent initial recommendations from its housing supply review to housing minister
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Comment
In the rush to build 1.5 million homes how do we safeguard quality?
Starmer’s government wants to build at a speed and scale not seen since the 1970s, sadly the building spurts of the past resulted in homes of dubious quality
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News
Government launches Skills England initiative and brings in former Co-op boss to head it
Government says initiative introduced to reduce reliance on overseas workers amid industry concern about skills capacity
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New government sets out plans for housing and infrastructure in first King’s Speech
Legislation aiming to speed up approvals among 35 new draft bills
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Planning reform expected to be at heart of today’s King’s Speech
Labour to outline its policy priorities with more than 35 draft bills
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Plans submitted for £1.7bn redevelopment of Edgware town centre
Ballymore and Places for London table 3,365-home proposals on shopping centre site
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Berkeley forced to redesign another high-rise residential scheme
Developer hit by second staircases requirements on a major London high rise scheme for the second time in a month
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Labour removes ‘levelling up’ from department and ministerial titles
DLUHC to be return to former name MHCLG as Angela Rayner describes phrase as a “gimmick”
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Comment
Only by building with factory precision can the next government hit housing targets
The parties’ election pledges to build more houses will remain unattainable using traditional methods, writes Tide Construction’s Christy Hayes
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Comment
Home truths: why the way we manage our housing assets isn’t working
ڶ homes is only one part of the housing problem. Another urgent question we must answer is - how well are we managing our existing housing stock, and are we building new homes to last?
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News
BSR issues clarification after confusion over unregistered building control approver
Assent ڶ Control Limited says discussions continue after regulator confirms work on higher-risk schemes must stop because firm did not register as approved inspector
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Only a quarter of tall buildings with unsafe cladding have completed remediation
Latest official figures reveal scale of work still to be done to make high rise housing blocks safe
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England needs 550,000 new homes a year to solve housing shortage, says report
If the UK returned to pre-financial crisis productivity levels, salaries could be up to 25% higher
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Features
The making of Egham: how to pull a town centre up by its bootstraps
Allford Hall Monaghan Morris and Runnymede council have delivered a mixed-use scheme that aims to reverse the slow decline of this busy Surrey town. Thomas Lane reports
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Warm welcome from industry for Labour’s ‘wealth creation’ manifesto
Planning reforms and focus on infrastructure upgrades roundly backed by experts