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Plans to regenerate a brownfield site in the centre of Hemel Hempstead with 56 one- and two-bedroom homes and a purpose-built headquarters for homeless charity, DENS have been given the green light.  The Paradise Depot site, off St Albans Road,... View Article

Despite an overall upbeat assessment of construction output from the Purchasing Managers’ Index in its most recent report, it shows the housebuilding sector is in a state of crisis, according to the Federation of Master Builders. May ‘s PMI Index... View Article

netMAGmedia, which publishes a range of media brands for the construction industry, recently held its inaugural Building Insights LIVE round table at the Building Centre in London, bringing specifiers and suppliers together to discuss their key topics. The event was... View Article

In the latest episode of the Builders’ Voices podcast, James Parker, editor of Housebuilder & Developer, had the pleasure of speaking with Nic London, the founder of N. London Construction — a high-end housebuilder established back in 2004, focusing on... View Article

Planning permission has been granted for Spitfire Homes to deliver a stylish collection of 48 new homes in Wolston, Warwickshire. Spitfire Homes acquired the 5.44 acre site in Wolston to create 34 two- to four-bedroom homes, plus 14 properties which... View Article

One of the UK’s leading providers of extra care and retirement living developments, Housing 21, and Leeds based Brewster Bye Architects are working on three major new schemes that will create almost 200 new homes for local people over the... View Article

Housebuilder Avant Homes has submitted plans to build 342 new two-, three-, four- and five-bedroom homes with a gross development value of £91.6m at Blindwells in East Lothian. The planning application follows Avant Homes’ agreement to acquire a 20 acre site at Blindwells from developer Hargreaves... View Article

Social housing providers must make net zero carbon more relevant to customers if they are to meet the challenge of decarbonisation according to new research by Orbit. In its latest report, 2500 Days – Navigating the path to net zero carbon homes... View Article

Leading housebuilder, Redrow, has launched nine new apartments at its community of homes in Basildon, Essex. The spaciously designed Sycamore Apartments are the latest addition to the Eastern Quarter at Westley Green. The homes are available to purchase from 15th May, with first... View Article

Scottish housebuilder Avant Homes has strengthened its construction team with three new key appointments to further enable the housebuilder’s regional expansion strategy. Bryan Galloway has been appointed as construction director, while James Reid and Peter Forrester have joined the housebuilder as area construction... View Article

Insurance giant Legal & General (L&G) has announced that it will halt new production at its modular housing factory in Selby, Yorkshire, resulting in most jobs at the unit being cut. L&G cited “a number of factors,” such as planning... View Article