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Avant Homes has secured a multi-tenure new homes development site after exchanging contracts on 22-acres of land at Pleasley Hill Farm, Mansfield. Subject to planning, Avant Homes Central will build 396 of its practically designed, energy efficient two-, three- and four-bedroom... View Article

Housebuilder Tilia Homes Northern has strengthened its partnership with one of the largest housing associations in the North West, to offer more affordable home ownership opportunities in Lancashire. Onward Homes will acquire 63 properties at Alston Grange, Tilia Homes’ flagship... View Article

The National Federation of Builders (NFB) welcomed Tatton MP and Minister of State in the Cabinet Office, The Rt Hon Esther McVey, to its headquarters for a productive discussion on the future of the UK construction industry. Based in Knutsford,... View Article

Avant Homes Scotland has started construction on the final 35 family homes on a 16.5-acre site at its £60m Carnethy Heights development in Penicuik. This represents the third and final phase of the development which, once complete, will comprise 165 of the housebuilder’s practically... View Article

Housebuilder Avant Homes East Midlands will deliver 265 multi-tenure new homes in Clifton, Nottingham, after being granted planning permission for a £77.5m residential development. Called Foxgrove Village and located off Hawksley Gardens, the 24-acre site will comprise a mix of one-, two-,... View Article

One year after proposals were announced for the transformation of a 7.9-hectare brownfield site into the UK’s most sustainable neighbourhood, the Phoenix development has been granted planning permission, taking the visionary project a step closer to reality. Designed to prioritise... View Article

NHBC, the UK’s largest provider of new home warranties and insurance, has appointed Hazel Adamek as Regional Director to lead customer relations with house builders in the East of England. Hazel, who has worked at NHBC for 18 years, has extensive... View Article

Avant Homes has secured its first mixed-use development site in the North West after exchanging contracts on 20-acres of land in Great Eccleston. Subject to planning, Avant Homes will build 115 of its practically designed, energy efficient homes which will have... View Article

Biodiversity net gain (BNG) is now a legal requirement for most new housing developments. After implementation was delayed twice, from November and last month, applications for new schemes in England of more than nine dwellings will now need to achieve an uplift in... View Article

InstallerSHOW 2024 is the UK’s must attend event for those specifying in heat, water, air and energy technology, and will this year partner with CIAT as it continues to grow in relevance to Architectural Technologists. The InstallerSHOW has over 600... View Article