
Home counties overturn plans for new housing on green fields
A swathe of councils could follow two Hertfordshire authorities who rejected their local plans in the wake of the government’s decision to reverse proposed planning
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A swathe of councils could follow two Hertfordshire authorities who rejected their local plans in the wake of the government’s decision to reverse proposed planning
A £1.5bn home building fund offering loans to SMEs to help them deliver 42,000 new houses across the country has received a lukewarm response from
The UK’s second biggest brick maker Forterra warned of further price hikes this year in its latest trading statement. The company said it was reviewing
Nearly a third of England’s local authorities failed to meet their housing delivery targets last year, according to government figures. Out of 321 local councils
Bricks and roof tiles are in short supply with demand outstripping supply against a backdrop of rising inflation, the Construction Leadership Council, CLC, has warned.
The capital’s mayor Sadiq Khan is pressing the government to create a new 12-month visa for construction workers so London can meet its goal of
Reducing planning risk by making decisions more predictable and quicker would benefit SME housebuilders, the House of Lord’s built environment committee has concluded. In its
Artificial intelligence should be harnessed to work out biodiversity net gain for sites of 50 homes or less, urges the National Federation of Builders, NFB.
More than nine out of ten smaller housebuilders have said planning is the biggest obstacle to increasing their housing delivery, according to a survey out
A technical consultation on offering all new homes access to high-speed wi-fi has been announced by the government. Currently, more than two-thirds of premises have
Developers who fail to resolve snagging problems on new homes could see themselves struck off the New Homes Quality Board, NHQB, register. The board has
Supply chain problems are expected to resurface in the New Year due to Omicron’s effect on production and operations, the Construction Leadership Council, CLC, has
Surveyors predict a positive net balance of housing sales of plus one per cent over the next 12 months, according
Housebuilders north of the border are calling on Scotland’s new first minister, Humza Yousaf, to engage with business and remove
A call for evidence to look at successful nutrient mitigation schemes in areas where river phosphates and nitrates are too
Bricklayers, masons, plasterers, carpenters, and roofers are among a raft of trades the construction industry hopes will become easier to
Housebuilders want chancellor Jeremy Hunt to get cladding and insulation product manufacturers to contribute to the estimated £3bn bill to
Up to 77,000 fewer new homes are likely to be built a year for the rest of this decade, slumping
SME developers are bracing themselves for huge extra costs when new rules requiring a housing or commercial project to increase
More than 20,000 new homes are expected to be built in the capital over the next decade on land owned
SME housebuilders claim the government’s new contract forcing all developers to pay £2bn or more to fix unsafe properties is
Housebuilders have branded Bath and North East Somerset council’s decision to ask for all new homes to be net zero
Housebuilders have described new rules forcing developers in England to adopt sustainable drainage systems to prevent flooding as ‘ill thought
Scottish housebuilders claim new design standards based on the German Passivhaus system will hamper meeting the country’s housing needs. Homes
The construction industry is calling on the Government to rethink its £1m inheritance relief tax cap if it wants to
Councils’ new powersto force short-term leaseauctions of empty high street properties could boost local builders’ business, claim finance lenders. One
The construction industry has high hopes the deputy prime minister Angela Rayner will help them make it easier to get
Housebuilders will need to plan over predicted increased demand for materials and talk to suppliers now to avoid pinch points
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