Vistry Group and MTVH complete deals for 323-homes

The Joint Venture (JV) between Vistry Group, the UK’s leading provider of mixed-tenure homes, and Metropolitan Thames Valley Housing (MTVH), one of the UK’s largest housing associations, has agreed multiple deals to enable the construction of the 323-home next phase... View Article

Jones Homes to build executive homes in Edgerton

Jones Homes has acquired land in Edgerton where it will build an exclusive development of 40 new executive homes. The land deal to purchase the site was completed on Wednesday 5 February with planning permission for the 7.8-acre site off... View Article

Cala expands leadership team with appointments

Cala Group (Holdings) Ltd, a leading UK housebuilder, today announced the appointment of Ian Sutcliffe as Non-Executive Chairman, effective immediately. The company also announced the appointment of Tom Nicholson as Non-Executive Director. Ian Sutcliffe brings a wealth of experience to... View Article

Housebuilder delivers 169 homes in Wigan

Through its ongoing partnership with Wigan Council, top 10 housebuilder, Keepmoat, has delivered 169 quality new homes, including 42 affordable homes with local housing association Jigsaw Homes, and trained more than 19 young people in a relevant trade role. As a result... View Article

Hill Group and Lloyds Living celebrate topping out 

Award-winning housebuilder, The Hill Group and rental homes and shared ownership provider, Lloyds Living have marked a milestone in the construction of the Nexus project in Stevenage with a traditional topping out ceremony. Comprising 264 rental apartments in Stevenage town centre, Nexus is... View Article

Futureproofing homes means heat pumps

Neil Thompson of Ideal Heating explores why heat pumps are critical for future-proofing new homes on the journey to net zero, bearing in mind some of the key design challenges the industry needs to consider. Sustainable housebuilding has shifted from... View Article

Northstone Secures Contracts & submits Planning Application

Northstone, a leading North West housebuilder has submitted its Reserved Matters Application and successfully exchanged contracts with Wirral Council for the development of 242 new homes on a former Ministry of Defence site in Bromborough. This follows the Outline Planning... View Article

£20m Loan Funding Agreed for Wavensmere

£20m of development funding for the Canalside South regeneration scheme in Wolverhampton was today announced by Richard Parker, Mayor of the West Midlands. The West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) has provided the loan facility to Wavensmere Homes to bring about... View Article

Let’s Build Community Density

What is Community Density? ‘Community Density’ is a development which is designed for communities, with the spaces, housing types, services, and infrastructure that communities need. It’s not defined by scale but rather good design collaboration and placemaking, while creating an... View Article

Housebuilder opens discussions about mental health

Ahead of Time to Talk Day (6th February), Barratt Homes Northampton is encouraging open discussions about mental health in the workplace having trained several of its employees. Run by Mind and Rethink Mental Illness, Time to Talk Day is the nation’s biggest mental health conversation, aimed... View Article

Powering up homes’ water pressure

With growing challenges in the UK water industry, Mark Ayckbourn of Stuart Turner highlights key considerations around low water pressure for new builds, and explores effective methods and technology to improve performance. Under UK regulation, households should be supplied with... View Article

Chartway and Orbit Homes Partnership on affordable homes

Chartway is thrilled to announce its latest partnership project with Orbit Homes to deliver 77 new affordable and sustainable homes in Folkestone. With detailed planning permission already secured, construction is due to commence this February. The development will offer a... View Article

Vistry Group to build 320 new homes in Windsor

Vistry Group, Britain’s biggest housebuilder, has secured detailed planning consent to build 320 new homes in Windsor. The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead issued planning permission on 13th November 2024 allowing the housebuilder to build the new homes on land off... View Article

Honey secures 21 sites to deliver 2,850 homes

Housebuilder Honey has secured 21 sites across Yorkshire and the Midlands to deliver 2,850 homes with a gross development value of £795m within its first two financial years of trading. The business was launched in October 2022 and is backed by private... View Article

The Hill Group appoints new head of planning

Award-winning housebuilder, The Hill Group, has announced the appointment of Alex Woolmore as its new Head of Planning. This significant hire comes at a critical time for the group, as the government looks to housebuilders to ramp up delivery to... View Article

FMB backs Farmer Report

Mark Farmer’s review of the two Industry Training Boards to transform the construction workforce is a much-needed blueprint to address the skills crisis and get Britain building, says the Federation of Master Builders (FMB) in response to the publication of... View Article

Newland Homes announces new Finance Director

Housebuilder Newland Homes has appointed Zoe White as its new Finance Director.  Zoe steps into this pivotal role as part of a planned transition to streamline leadership roles, enhance operational efficiency and provide additional support to the MD, David Foreman,... View Article

Flood Risk Challenges Mount: PCA Calls for Action

The Property Care Association (PCA) is urging a more strategic and coordinated approach to flood risk management as new housing developments intensify across the UK, with 1.5 million new homes set to be built over the course of the current... View Article