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Housing minister Matthew Pennycook’s pledge to stand up to potential NIMBY resistance to new towns if the development was in the ‘national interest’ has won
Housebuilders are challenging proposals to scrap the lower rate of landfill tax, which they claim would amount to a 30-fold increase in the cost of
Smaller builders are calling for the government to remove the one-hectare threshold for theproposed medium-sized plot definition of ten to 49 homes. Deputy prime minister
Plans for 300,000 new social and affordable homes over the next decade will generate a pipeline of work for SME housebuilders and contractors, claims the
Robots capable of laying bricks five times faster than a skilled human could help the UK reach the ambitious target of building 1.5m new homes
Smaller builders are optimistic Homes England’s new national housing bank will give them a bigger slice of the development action. The new bank will issue
Housebuilders are calling for a ‘cap’ on the grid connection and infrastructure costs when it becomes mandatory for new homes to have solar panels in
Standardisinginfrastructure agreements and employing more planning officerswould speed updelivery of thousands of housing projects currently delayed, claims the Homebuilders Federation, HBF. A freedom of information
Simplifying planning with a new ‘medium’ sized definition for sites of ten to 49 homeswill enable SMEs to be major players in delivering 1.5m new
Proposals for young people to be able to work and move freely around Europe could have a positive spin-off for the construction industry. The Construction
SME construction firms to be the most affected by proposals to reign in immigration as they will struggle to pay higher visa sponsorship costs. Skills
Grid demand to surge as heat pumps and electric cars gain traction SMEs will leave the housebuilding sector if the government goes ahead with requiring
Scottish housing secretary Màiri McAllan is urging the country’s planning authorities to exercise proportionality to avoid ‘unnecessary’ costs and delays
Housebuilders are calling for flexibility over tenures as financially strapped housing associations are increasingly unable to buy the ‘affordable homes’
A new pre-examination checklist for local plans goes live next month to help speed up approvals and avoid lengthy inspectorate
Expanding the proposed medium-sized site definition of ten to 49 homes to up to 150 for London has won the
Imposing a design code for conversions of empty office space into housing would help ensure the new homes were fit
Water companies must be held to account on sewage provision if the Government’s target of 1.5m new homes by 2029
Master developer Lands Improvement has acquired Dunton Hills golf centre and is set to put enabling infrastructure on the 551-site
A £122m cash injection to remediate derelict brownfield land, opening private sector investment for 1,100 new homes in Newcastle, has
More than 40,000 future builders, bricklayers, electricians, carpenters and plumbers are to be trained across the country by 2029 in
Transport secretary Heidi Alexanderhas announced plans to unlock swathes of surplus railway land across England for a £1bn development of
Housing minister Matthew Pennycook’s pledge to stand up to potential NIMBY resistance to new towns if the development was in
Housebuilders are challenging proposals to scrap the lower rate of landfill tax, which they claim would amount to a 30-fold
Scottish housing secretary Màiri McAllan is urging the country’s planning authorities to exercise proportionality to avoid ‘unnecessary’ costs and delays
Housebuilders are calling for flexibility over tenures as financially strapped housing associations are increasingly unable to buy the ‘affordable homes’
A new pre-examination checklist for local plans goes live next month to help speed up approvals and avoid lengthy inspectorate
Expanding the proposed medium-sized site definition of ten to 49 homes to up to 150 for London has won the
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