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The first foundations have been laid at the next phase of Swindon’s landmark Wichelstowe development with record numbers of people registering their interest in buying one of the new homes. Work is now underway on the 182 new Barratt homes... View Article

Stuart Andrew has been appointed Housing Minister in the recent Cabinet reshuffle, replacing Cristopher Pincher. As MP for Pudsey, Horsforth and Aireborough, Andrew previously held the roles of Deputy Chief Whip, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Ministry of... View Article

Golding Homes has received a Sustainable Homes Index For Tomorrow (SHIFT) 2021 silver award.  SHIFT is the sustainability standard for the housing sector. The accreditation assesses the environmental footprint of an organisation, recognising projects and achievements that have made an... View Article

An internal promotion at housebuilder Gleeson Homes sees Wayne Sutton appointed as Regional Managing Director in its Yorkshire East region. Wayne joined Gleeson in October 2019 as Operations Manager for the Tees Valley region and within months was promoted to... View Article

The BEIS Select Committee have been accused of “deliberately misreading” Ministerial plans for decarbonising UK homes in its latest report, published this week, according to Mike Foster, chief executive of the not for profit trade body Energy and Utilities Alliance.... View Article

A swathe of councils could follow two Hertfordshire authorities who rejected their local plans in the wake of the government’s decision to reverse proposed planning reform. The construction industry fears Conservative-run Hertsmere and Welwyn Hatfield borough councils’ move to revise their... View Article

Innovative affordable housing developer Pocket Living has secured a resolution to grant planning permission from Southwark Council for two new developments in the Old Kent Road Opportunity Area. As two linked planning applications, the two schemes, Ossory Road and Credon House, will... View Article

The details of the Government’s Levelling Up White Paper have been revealed, including a range of housing announcements as part of a broad devolution agenda. Among a range of proposals intended to increase prosperity for ‘forgotten’ regions outside London and... View Article

Plans have been submitted to regenerate a brownfield site in the centre of Hemel Hempstead with 56 new homes and a purpose-built headquarters for homeless charity, DENS. On behalf of Dacorum Borough Council, multi-disciplinary design practice, rg+p has designed and... View Article

Leading UK developer SevenCapital has acquired a 50% stake in a landmark £500 million prime scheme in Kensington, with pan-European real estate investment manager MARK holding the other 50%. The project, located at 100 West Cromwell Road, will deliver 462... View Article

From Kieron Gregson, Associate Partner, Carter Jonas The new Environment Act creates a statutory requirement for all new development to achieve a minimum of 10% biodiversity net gain (BNG). So what does this mean for housebuilders and developers? Essentially the... View Article

In December 2021, the Government published the new Approved Part F (Means of Ventilation) and Part L (Conservation of Fuel and Power) of the Building Regulations. Under the new regulations, there is a significant cut in carbon emissions of 30%... View Article