
SME developer pulls out of 200-home scheme following Gove’s intervention
Midland’s housebuilder A C Lloyd has withdrawn its application to build 200 homes on agricultural land in Warwickshire despite having secured outline planning permission. The

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Midland’s housebuilder A C Lloyd has withdrawn its application to build 200 homes on agricultural land in Warwickshire despite having secured outline planning permission. The

Small housebuilders must be given a slice of the action if Labour follows its promise to build on green belt to meet housing needs, urges

House prices were up by half a per cent in April after seven months of consecutive falls, according to the latest figures from Nationwide building

Nearly a quarter of a million extra people are needed in construction by 2027 but outdated perceptions mean it is often overlooked as a career,

Surveyors predict a positive net balance of housing sales of plus one per cent over the next 12 months, according to March’s residential market survey.

Housebuilders north of the border are calling on Scotland’s new first minister, Humza Yousaf, to engage with business and remove obstacles hampering the delivery of

Bricklayers, masons, plasterers, carpenters, and roofers are among a raft of trades the construction industry hopes will become easier to recruit from abroad to ease

Housebuilders have branded Bath and North East Somerset council’s decision to ask for all new homes to be net zero as ‘unaffordable’ and ‘undeliverable’ at

Scottish housebuilders claim new design standards based on the German Passivhaus system will hamper meeting the country’s housing needs. Homes for Scotland has said the

The construction supply industry has won a major victory with the 30-month extension of the CE mark for building products. The government had planned to

Housebuilders have hit out at plans to buy ‘nutrient credits’ for building on protected wildlife sites where pollutants such as nitrogen and phosphorus have leached

Banks have warned that without financial incentives such as a stamp duty refund to incentivise people to adopt green retrofits the government won’t meet its
Housebuilders have urged the Scottish government to speed up planning and simplify regulation if they want to see 110,000 affordable
The government’s housing and regeneration agency, Homes England, has published a pipeline of 14 different infrastructure contracts worth £210.2m. The
Energy and net zero secretary Ed Millibandhas pledged that rented homes should be warmer and free from mould by 2030.
SME companies are set to be involved in a multi-million-pound regeneration of London’s largest housing estate. Newham council wants the
Smaller builders will be crucial to hitting the Government’s ambitious target of 300,000 new homes a year, claims the construction
Raising competence levels among domestic builders should be among future changes to the industry to ensure all buildings are safe,
SMEs are hoping to get a slice of the housebuilding action when it comes to expanding existing places and regeneration
Skills such as heat pump installation, teamwork and leadership should be among the training and upskilling included in the apprenticeship
Repairs and maintenance SMEs need to skill up on decarbonisation, shows survey Smaller building firms are less confident than larger
New initiative criticised as ‘indiscriminate’ A voluntary commitment to instal newly built homes with bird-nesting bricks or boxes as well
Whole life carbon emissions will need to be assessed A supreme court ruling last week overturning approval for drilling oil
House prices rise in the North Average private rents rose by more than 10 per cent over the last year
Housebuilders are calling for a ‘cap’ on the grid connection and infrastructure costs when it becomes mandatory for new homes
Standardisinginfrastructure agreements and employing more planning officerswould speed updelivery of thousands of housing projects currently delayed, claims the Homebuilders Federation,
Simplifying planning with a new ‘medium’ sized definition for sites of ten to 49 homeswill enable SMEs to be major
Proposals for young people to be able to work and move freely around Europe could have a positive spin-off for
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