
Housing survey reveals planning permissions at an all-time low
The number of sites that gained planning permission in 2023 dropped to the lowest level for a 12-month period since The Housing Pipeline Report began
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The number of sites that gained planning permission in 2023 dropped to the lowest level for a 12-month period since The Housing Pipeline Report began
Biodiversity rules pushing small housebuilders over the edge Just three weeks into new rules on improving biodiversity uplifts on new housing schemes SME developers are
Stamp duty rebates for buyers who make their homes more energy efficient and for pensioners downsizing are among the tax breaks the property industry would
Homes England is to pilot selling parcels of land for SMEs to build new homes in the Southeast and the Midlands. Housing and levelling up
Michael Gove has come under criticism for putting pressure on London and 19 other major cities to build more homes on brownfield land. The building
New home registrations showed a 44 per cent drop in 2023 compared with the previous year, according to figures released by the National House Building
Depoliticising planning and offering more help for first-time buyers would speed up housebuilding according to SME developers’ comments in a recent study. More than 90
More young people look set to live with their parents as buying a home becomes increasingly expensive, the government’s housing accelerator Homes England has warned.
More than half of SME builders reported the planning system as their biggest barrier to delivering new homes, according to the Federation of Master Builders,
Deloitte’s latest London office crane survey sees the highest volume of new offices being built since 2005 the study was extended to cover seven central
The building industry has hit out at planning fee hikes of 35 per cent for developments of more than ten homes and 20 per cent
Two-thirds of younger Londoners support green belt reform to help solve the capital’s housing crisis and enable them to buy their first home, according to
Commonhold set for mixed-use developments Housebuilders back plansfor commonhold ownership for new build flats claiming this will boost urban density
SMEs could be hardest hit by shortage of installers Ambitious targets for half of the UK’s 28m housing stock to
Programme offers on-site two-week placement The housebuilding industry hopes its latest site manager course will go some way to redressing
Southeast housebuilders could be particularly badly hit SME housebuilders are concerned they will be caught up in the new building
An influential committee has written to the government urging them to consider how they can help SMEs when drawing up
A lack of planning officers could be one of the biggest obstacles for hitting the Government’s target of 1.5m new
The Government is pinning its hopes on a new environmental restoration fund to replace restrictive environmental rules stalling housebuilding and
Developers are expecting to see more property sales as buyers attempt tobenefit from a recent dip in house prices and
An increase in planning fees will inhibit homeowners making green improvements and damage smaller builders’ pipeline of refurbishment work, claims
Housing associations and councils need to be put on a secure financial Housing associations and councils must be financially secure
An overhaul of the planning system is seen as an important first step, but industry experts have said housebuilders still
SME builders order books could receive a welcome boost as councils exert their new powers to tackle the problem of
Plans for 300,000 new social and affordable homes over the next decade will generate a pipeline of work for SME
Robots capable of laying bricks five times faster than a skilled human could help the UK reach the ambitious target
Smaller builders are optimistic Homes England’s new national housing bank will give them a bigger slice of the development action.
Housebuilders are calling for a ‘cap’ on the grid connection and infrastructure costs when it becomes mandatory for new homes
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