All Housing articles – Page 8
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Vistry set to unseat Barratt as country’s biggest housebuilder
Firm set to build 18,000 homes this year, taking it above figure predicted by rival
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Barratt profit drops by three quarters amid fresh building safety costs and market slowdown
Completions drop 19% and expected to fall further this year
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Metropolitan Police chief stresses it could take 18 months to bring charges over Grenfell
Meanwhile at PMQs Keir Starmer apologises on behalf of the British state and says ‘today is a long awaited day of truth but it must now lead to a day of justice’
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Housing slowdown sees Michelmersh bring forward factory upgrade work
Brickmaker to close South Yorkshire plant in November and December
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Report backed by major developers calls for government to help SME housebuilders
Pocket Living tells government to create Homes England SME managers under plan to ‘save’ smaller housebuilding sectorÂ
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Dagenham fire started from materials kept on scaffolding, initial probe suggests
Institution of Fire Engineers releases detail of preliminary investigation into huge blaze
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Features
Investigation: how are councils assessing the risks of uPVC cladding in low-rise housing after the Barnet fire?
When a fire in 2023 destroyed four terraced houses Barnet Council brought the housing sector’s attention to an overlooked fire safety issue: the use of uPVC cladding in low-rise homes. Have other councils heeded its warning? Olivia Barber launched a Freedom of Information investigation to find out
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Barratt pulls four planning applications over 50% affordable housing viability concerns
Group land director calls for tweaks to National Planning Policy Framework proposals
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ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø Safety Regulator opens investigation into Dagenham fire
Health and Safety Executive will work with the London Fire Brigade, the police and other parties
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Housing secretary demands faster action on remediation of buildings following blaze
Rayner says she ‘expects’ more from regulators and partners following huge Dagenham fire
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Think tank warns Labour against ditching ‘beauty agenda in dash for units’
Deputy prime minister Angela Rayner says word is too ‘subjective’
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Dagenham block of flats engulfed by fire had known safety issues since 2020
Survey four years ago showed building ‘did not fully comply with building regulations at time of build’
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Analysts say Bellway’s £720m bid for Crest Nicholson faltered after firm decided ‘risks were too high’
Deal, which would have created £4.3bn business, pulled yesterdayÂ
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Comment
Partnerships and location are key to success of government’s new towns ambitions
New town developments have had mixed results in the past and there are lessons to be learnt. Four essential factors should be considered if this latest initiative is to work, says Oliver Steele
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Bellway abandons plan to take over Crest Nicholson
Housebuilder says it will not now make a firm offer after asking for a deadline to make a decision
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Plans unveiled for 6,000-home new town on former airfield in Oxfordshire
Scoping report for new Heyford scheme submitted to Cherwell council
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Government plans to limit landowner profits on green belt sales
New legislation will change compulsory purchase rules
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Hyde looks to pick new contractors to help build 1,500 homes a year
Previous iteration of five-year framework was worth £2bn
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Southern scales back new build work as firm says contractor delays hit income
Housing association says number of builders going bust has increased provisions