Barratt Redrow celebrates double win at Biodiversity Challenge Awards 2025

Barratt Redrow has been recognised with two prestigious honours at the Biodiversity Challenge Awards 2025, celebrating its commitment to nature-positive development and leadership in biodiversity enhancement. The housebuilder was awarded the ‘Placemaking for Nature Award: Multi-property’, acknowledging Barratt Redrow’s innovative approach... View Article

Persimmon strengthens strategic land platform with Lone Star Land acquisition

Persimmon is pleased to announce the acquisition of Warwickshire-based planning promotion company, Lone Star Limited (LSL). The acquisition further enhances Persimmon’s strategic land function, adding additional industry-leading expertise and relationships to our business. Persimmon will retain LSL’s experienced team, ensuring... View Article

Licensing builders must happen following ECO debacle, says FMB

Today’s National Audit Office (NAO) report, highlighting widespread failures in the Government’s ECO energy efficiency scheme, demonstrates that without a mandatory licensing scheme for domestic builders, poor-quality installations and rogue practices will continue to undermine public trust and government efforts... View Article

Pennyfarthing buys Ringwood Brewery for redevelopment

Pennyfarthing Homes, the award-winning Hampshire-based housebuilder, has completed the purchase of the former Ringwood Brewery, which it plans to redevelop and convert into office space as its new headquarters. The move comes as Pennyfarthing Homes expands its operations, having outgrown its current... View Article

Social value: from policy to practice

Nicola Dibb & Jo Davis explore how meaningful social value can be delivered through the planning system in developments, to benefit all. Social value has evolved from a ‘nice-to-have’ into a fundamental pillar of planning policy, procurement, and project delivery.... View Article