
Green belt housebuilding embargo will go if Labour is elected
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

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Nearly a quarter of a million extra people are needed in construction by 2027 but outdated perceptions mean it is often overlooked as a career,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

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

Nearly 19,000 new homes and more than 65,000 jobs could be created in the West Midlands if its application for a package of investment zones

Housebuilders are urging lenders to factor in bill savings when offering mortgages to borrowers buying new energy-efficient homes. Energy performance certificate, EPC, data shows that
More homes for seniors needed to cope with ageing population A major uplift in public subsidies to support private investment
Persuading future MPs to develop a national strategy to improve the energy and water efficiency of the UK’s 25m existing
The UK’s industrial and logistics sector is pressing the government to bring back strategic planning so that new warehouse space
Scotland’s homes need to be watertight and insulated before installing heat pumps and other renewable energies, warn key industry figures
More than 250,000 new entrants across multiple disciplines are needed to make the UK’s existing 27m homes reach net zero
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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