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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

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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

An updated list published this week shows all 51 developers have now signed up to the government’s building safety remediation contract. Four developers who had

Smaller housebuilders must be part of the push to build 1.5m new homes over the next five years if Labour is elected, says the construction

Smaller housebuilders are hoping the government’s decision to delay biodiversity net gain, BNG, rules until next year will lead to more practical requirements. Although the

Despite the prime minister Rishi Sunak’s plans to water down net zero targets on gas boilers the goal to fit all new homes with heat

Housebuilders have hailed the government’s decision to shift the burden of river nutrient neutrality to the water companies as a step in the right direction.

Major building contractors have improved their average payment times from 45 to 30 days after receipt of invoice, according to Build UK data. They are

The housebuilding industry is calling on lenders to offer mortgages at more favourable rates for those buying new homes where energy bills are less than

The building industry says the sector is facing a retirement cliff with one in five builders aged over 50 and wants the government to improve

Councils will struggle to set viable rates for developing brownfield and urban sites under the new infrastructure levy, warn landowners. The British Property Federation, BPF,

Midland’s housebuilder A C Lloyd has withdrawn its application to build 200 homes on agricultural land in Warwickshire despite having secured outline planning permission.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