
Call for ‘Polluter Pays’ Approach
SME housebuilders claim the government’s new contract forcing all developers to pay £2bn or more to fix unsafe properties is unfair. Housing secretary Michael Gove
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SME housebuilders claim the government’s new contract forcing all developers to pay £2bn or more to fix unsafe properties is unfair. Housing secretary Michael Gove
Housebuilders have described new rules forcing developers in England to adopt sustainable drainage systems to prevent flooding as ‘ill thought out’. The government has announced
Giving up mandatory housing targets will harm SME developers and condemn another generation to ‘housing misery’, the National Federation of Builders, NFB, has warned. The
Changes to the levelling up and regeneration bill allowing councils to withhold planning consent to developers slow to build on a site are counterproductive, claims
Housebuilders are calling on chancellor Jeremy Hunt to support SMEs following the demise of help-to-buy where first-time buyers could access a mortgage at low-interest rates.
Construction companies are being asked for their views on an industry-wide plan to slash diesel use on building sites by more than three quarters within
PM hopeful Rishi Sunak’s pledge to protect the green belt and focus on delivering new homes on brownfield sites has been described as lacking insight
New warehouses and infrastructure growth are expected to fuel a rise in construction output by 2.5 per cent for 2022, according to the Construction Product
Overestimates of the amount of river polluting nutrients housebuilding generates is leading councils to delay 100,000 new homes’ planning applications, claims the Home Builders Federation.
Thousands of first-time buyers will miss out on a help-to-buy loan due to the government introducing a new deadline for reserving a property by the
Steel, bitumen, cast iron, rebar and timber supply issues along with rising cement, bricks and blocks and glass costs are likely impacts of the conflict
The construction industry is rallying forces to address rising personal indemnity insurance premiums with a mega-poll of building firms. It wants to provide the government
Commonhold set for mixed-use developments Housebuilders back plansfor commonhold ownership for new build flats claiming this will boost urban density
SMEs could be hardest hit by shortage of installers Ambitious targets for half of the UK’s 28m housing stock to
Programme offers on-site two-week placement The housebuilding industry hopes its latest site manager course will go some way to redressing
Southeast housebuilders could be particularly badly hit SME housebuilders are concerned they will be caught up in the new building
An influential committee has written to the government urging them to consider how they can help SMEs when drawing up
A lack of planning officers could be one of the biggest obstacles for hitting the Government’s target of 1.5m new
The Government is pinning its hopes on a new environmental restoration fund to replace restrictive environmental rules stalling housebuilding and
Developers are expecting to see more property sales as buyers attempt tobenefit from a recent dip in house prices and
An increase in planning fees will inhibit homeowners making green improvements and damage smaller builders’ pipeline of refurbishment work, claims
Housing associations and councils need to be put on a secure financial Housing associations and councils must be financially secure
An overhaul of the planning system is seen as an important first step, but industry experts have said housebuilders still
SME builders order books could receive a welcome boost as councils exert their new powers to tackle the problem of
Plans for 300,000 new social and affordable homes over the next decade will generate a pipeline of work for SME
Robots capable of laying bricks five times faster than a skilled human could help the UK reach the ambitious target
Smaller builders are optimistic Homes England’s new national housing bank will give them a bigger slice of the development action.
Housebuilders are calling for a ‘cap’ on the grid connection and infrastructure costs when it becomes mandatory for new homes
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