
Smaller housebuilders could benefit from councils’ new land-buying powers
SME developers and housebuilders should get a greater slice of the action under local authorities’ new powers to buy land for affordable or social housing.

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SME developers and housebuilders should get a greater slice of the action under local authorities’ new powers to buy land for affordable or social housing.

SME housebuilders developing sites of less than ten homes are finding biodiversity net gain rules so complicated and costly they are leaving the industry. The

A cross-industry working group is calling for mandatory targets to cut individual water consumption at home from 110 litres a day to 105 by 2025

Getting cranes, roofs, and steel girders to arrive on site without major delays is becoming more and more difficult claims the construction industry. They say

One of the largest regeneration schemes in Europe has reached a major milestone with the creation of a limited liability partnership. The new Bristol Temple

Liverpool has unveiled ambitious plans to repurpose old sites and develop new housing to serve those working in its emerging industries such as life sciences

Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves’ pledge to reform planning and bring back mandatory local authority housing delivery targets has received the thumbs up from housebuilders. Ms

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
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SME developers and housebuilders should get a greater slice of the action under local authorities’ new powers to buy land
SME housebuilders developing sites of less than ten homes are finding biodiversity net gain rules so complicated and costly they
A cross-industry working group is calling for mandatory targets to cut individual water consumption at home from 110 litres a
Getting cranes, roofs, and steel girders to arrive on site without major delays is becoming more and more difficult claims
One of the largest regeneration schemes in Europe has reached a major milestone with the creation of a limited liability
Liverpool has unveiled ambitious plans to repurpose old sites and develop new housing to serve those working in its emerging
Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves’ pledge to reform planning and bring back mandatory local authority housing delivery targets has received the
SME construction firms to be the most affected by proposals to reign in immigration as they will struggle to pay
Grid demand to surge as heat pumps and electric cars gain traction SMEs will leave the housebuilding sector if the
Standardisinginfrastructure agreements and employing more planning officerswould speed updelivery of thousands of housing projects currently delayed, claims the Homebuilders Federation,
Small sites are important for local economies On the eve of the local elections for four new regional metro mayors
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