
Labour’s Rachel Reeves on Planning Reform
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
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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
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
A proposed urban garden village of 1,600 low carbon homes on the site of former gas works in Birkenhead has
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
Small sites are important for local economies On the eve of the local elections for four new regional metro mayors
SME builders give thumbs up to Homes England’s small sites category SME developers key for regional growth More SME housebuilders
UK steel vital for the country’s green economy SMEs housebuilders are worried the current global tariff war will create economic
BNG review urgently needed to help SMEs speed up housing delivery SMEs are optimistic proposed ‘rolling reforms’ to environmental regulation
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