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More than nine out of ten smaller housebuilders have said planning is the biggest obstacle to increasing their housing delivery, according to a survey out this week. Respondents expect planning delays to get worse in 2022 in many parts of the UK... View Article

Plans have been submitted to build 58 one-, two- and three-bedroom sustainable apartments for social rent, close to Leeds city centre, on Railway Street at Saxton Gardens. Leeds City Council selected Leeds & Yorkshire Housing Association (LYHA), following a competitive process,... View Article

Costs for replacing cladding to ensure it is fire-safe on high and mid-rise buildings will be passed to housebuilders, developers and product manufacturers, in new measures announced by the Ministry of Housing today. The Secretary of State for Levelling Up,... View Article

Slough Borough Council’s former High Street contact centre is undergoing a £26 million transformation after property developer Kings Oak Capital secured support from Shawbrook Bank. Landmark Place, which used to house the council’s MyCouncil customer drop-in centre, is being redeveloped into 89... View Article

A technical consultation on offering all new homes access to high-speed wi-fi has been announced by the government. Currently, more than two-thirds of premises have access to gigabit-capable networks, up from one in ten back in 2019 with the government aiming for... View Article

Developers who fail to resolve snagging problems on new homes could see themselves struck off the New Homes Quality Board, NHQB, register. The board has released a new housebuilders code banning high-pressure selling, requiring an after-sale ‘cooling off’ period and protecting the... View Article

Carl Pittam, Development Director, Ubeeqo a brand of Europcar Mobility Group Environmental concerns are high on the agenda for both businesses and their customers – last month’s COP26 highlighted only too clearly the strength of feeling around our need to... View Article

Gleeson Homes has been granted planning permission to build 39 new homes off, Abbey Road, in Abbeytown, Cumbria. The development, which will be known as Barley Meadows, will see the 4.57 acre area of land be transformed into beautiful, high... View Article

Affordable housing developer Pocket Living has signed a build contract with HG Construction to deliver a scheme for 86 one-bedroom homes for first-time buyers at Woodside Park in Barnet, London, having completed an agreement with Transport for London for the... View Article

Gresham House and ilke Homes have cause for celebration, as of 30th November the organisations officially broke ground at their first partnership zero carbon development at Hope Green in Stanford-le-Hope, Essex. Delivered by ilke Homes and funded by Gresham House, via... View Article

An exclusive, luxury development of homes, voted the best in Leicestershire, has sold out five months ahead of completion. All 19 plots on Springbourne Homes’ Hornsey Rise development, near Market Bosworth, are now either occupied or sold subject to contract.... View Article