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Government relying on ‘optimistic assumptions’ on heat pumps, NAO warns

Green light for massive expansion of Filton airfield redevelopment at Bristol

Populo Living’s £1bn Carpenters Estate regeneration plans finally approved

Key points from the CMA’s housebuilding report

CMA investigates UK’s biggest housebuilders over ‘anti-competitive behaviour’

Council seeks contractors for £3bn London housing framework

Developer working on plans for seven-towers scheme opposite O2 Arena

AHMM redesigns third London scheme to add second staircases

Barratt deal would not have been necessary if not for ‘dire’ housing market, says Redrow founder

London Plan review says Khan’s strategy ‘frustrates brownfield delivery’

Development partners sought for £1.5bn mixed-use framework

Biodiversity net gain rules come into force

Gove unveils pre-election plans to address the housing crisis

Starmer pledges to ‘reform housing’ in address to CIH

Student housing leading ‘remarkable’ transformation of regional cities, Deloitte report finds

Scheme to turn London brewery into £1.5bn mixed-use job approved for third time after second staircase changes

TfL scouting for development partner for 1,500-home Newham scheme

Knight Dragon brings in new chief executive

Second staircase disruption strikes Telford Homes scheme

Plans aired for £250m Stockport neighbourhood under grade II*-listed viaduct

Plans lodged for 7,000-home neighbourhood in Edinburgh

‘It’s been a torrid time’: Modulous boss Chris Bone on the offsite housing firm’s collapse

Economic woes send London Square into the red

Two-thirds of £4.2bn Housing Infrastructure Fund remains unspent

Gove launches consultation to increase transparency of land trust ownership

Gove’s London Plan review to be delivered within weeks

Developers forced to wait as Manchester council defers decision on 5,000 student rooms

Two more student housing towers submitted for planning

Plans submitted for 35-storey tower in Leeds

Housebuilders chasing £1bn development framework

What happens to development plans when a council goes ‘bankrupt’?

Developer unveils plan for record-breaking 76-storey tower in Manchester

Manchester refuses Simpson Haugh student housing scheme for fourth time

Lee Rowley appointed housing minister for the second time

Irish firm wins £116m Cambridge resi job

Japan’s biggest housebuilder moves into UK market with Lendlease joint venture

Berkeley lodges plans for five more phases of huge Ealing masterplan

Berkeley overhauls 1,300-home Oval scheme with second staircase revisions

London council in search of partner for £500m redevelopment job

Vistry’s pipeline ‘stuck’ due to second staircase design uncertainty, director says

Labour pledges biggest affordable housing boost ‘in a generation’

Housebuilding slump drives steepest fall in construction output since covid

Birmingham’s Ringway Centre set for wrecking ball as council considers three tower plan

Building the Future Commission calls for new strategic planning tier

Councils sitting on £3bn of developer contributions, report suggests

House prices fall nearly 2% in August

Barratt share price falls as it reports no improvement in demand

British Land rejigs Canada Water towers to comply with three new regulations

Inland Homes warns of ‘likely’ loan covenant breach with subsidiary

Notting Hill Genesis defends decision not to rebuild evacuated modular block

Transport bodies announce ‘landmark’ Manchester regeneration strategy

Plans lodged for first phase of 1,000-home net zero Sheffield regeneration

Firms chasing spots on £600m North Wales construction framework

Berkeley outlines plans to restart stalled towers scheme in south London

How do we increase affordable housing supply against the odds?

VolkerFitzpatrick lands £26m Surrey bridge job

Gove’s move to lower second staircase threshold will stall more schemes, experts warn

Tottenham Hotspur’s towers plan hit by second staircase delay

Fixing bad housing would bring £135bn in societal benefits, says BRE

Lord Kerslake: ‘The sector has lost a supremely powerful voice’

Tributes paid to ‘remarkable’ Lord Bob Kerslake following death

Seven key takeaways from this year’s CIH conference

Could stamp duty reform be the answer to making UK homes net zero?

New homes can (and must) be delivered with nature in mind

Ilke Homes in talks with 15 potential investors over sale

Housing slump sends monthly construction output down

Cost comparison: Pros and cons of volumetric construction in housing

Manchester council approves bumper crop of major schemes

Maccreanor Lavington lodges plans for Acton resi towers

Gove intervenes in two more planning applications on design grounds after Berkeley Homes row

How big a blow is the closure of L&G’s flagship factory to the prospects of MMC?

Barratt set to appoint new cladding contractor after bust up on east London remedial job

Go-ahead for Glasgow city centre masterplan

Tall building survey captures ‘mixed mood’ of London’s high rise sector

Labour to reform land valuation to make new developments cheaper

West Midlands outlines £20bn of investment opportunities

Apollo strikes deal to acquire United Living

Turley appoints new chief executive

Clarion pauses work on 15 schemes due to second staircases uncertainty

Vistry to consult again on bonus plans after shareholder revolt

Kier to start fresh round of investigations at King’s Cross block after cladding falls off

City Hall ‘wouldn’t rule out’ lowering second staircase threshold, deputy mayor says

Plans lodged for nearly 5,000 homes in Manchester city centre

Domestic repair and maintenance rebounds after 2022 slump, FMB says

‘We’re the victims of short-term policy-making’: Interview with Jennie Daly

Cost model: Universities need to answer tough questions about their priorities

What you need to know about Morrell’s ‘seminal’ review into products testing

Construction product manufacturers have to act, and act now

Morrell review into product testing proposes sweeping reforms including new regulatory regime

Housebuilder share prices dip amid renewed interest rate fear

Time for Gove to stop throwing stones at housing sector

Student resi tower replaces consented office plan in Elephant & Castle

Kingspan, Celotex and Arconic settle civil claims with 900 people affected by Grenfell fire

Small project starts plummet as inflation fears resurface

TfL chooses Barratt to deliver 900 homes in Acton

Residential permissions fall to lowest level on record

Trading in Inland Homes’ shares suspended

Morgan Sindall and Wates among winners on £3bn housing association upgrade programme

Landsec’s 1,800-home O2 scheme approved following second staircase redesign

Vistry renegotiating contracts with suppliers after fall in prices

Plans for 1,350-home build-to-rent scheme in Leeds approved

Steve Morgan interview: ‘It’s like the government wants to destroy the industry’

Landsec the latest to be caught out by London’s new second staircase rule

LABC ‘very concerned’ about exodus of building control veterans as new regulator looms

Industry heavyweights call on Gove to lower second staircase threshold to 18m

Spring Budget broadly welcomed but criticised for lack of retrofit progress

Berkeley looks towards low-rise if single staircase ban in towers goes ahead

How the chancellor can get housebuilding moving again – and make our homes greener

Use unspent apprenticeship levy money to boost heritage retrofit skills, government told

Starmer pledges planning reform as industry predicts collapse in housebuilding

Call for ‘bottom-up’ viability model to boost council affordable housing delivery

From the archives: The clearance of London’s worst slum, 1843 - 1846

McLaren lodges plans for 45-storey hexagonal tower in Leeds

Rachel Maclean confirmed as housing minister

Reshuffle reaction: frustration at housing minister churn but praise for energy shake-up

Lucy Frazer to step down as housing minister

Building the Future Commission: introducing the housing and planning stream

Government to mandate second staircase in new blocks above 30m

Warning of ‘complete collapse’ in local plan-making after Gove announcement

Stricter controls on developments needed to stem flooding risk, NIC says

Why everyone’s getting excited about the new energy efficiency taskforce

Housebuilders hit back at ‘anti-development’ building safety levy

Fight with housebuilders on the cards as Gove goes back to the future

Industry welcomes £6bn funding for energy efficiency measures

Vistry £1.2bn takeover of Countryside completes

Cost model: Build-to-rent

Camden after partner for next phase of award-winning estate regen

Truss planning reforms ‘set to be ditched’

Barratt shareholders protest over lack of women on board

Bellway abandons plans to build 1,000 more homes this year as market fears deepen

Forecaster says housing starts will nosedive 40% next year

After the storm: housebuilding’s prospects following the mini-budget

Pro-development rhetoric is all very well but industry needs more detail

Levelling up department says bill bearing its name won’t be scrapped

Industry criticises lack of support for affordable housing in mini-budget

Housing chiefs want planning reform everywhere – not just in new zones

Kwarteng slashes stamp duty as he pledges to ‘get Britain building’

Relaxed planning rules, deregulation and lowered stamp duty: what to look out for in the mini-budget

Keltbray to hand staff £1,000 cost of living payment

Soaring energy prices? That’s not a problem in my ecohouse

Kwarteng must rise to the challenge and tackle this energy crisis

Housing minister goes as DLUHC team takes shape

Rees-Mogg and Clarke appointed to key cabinet roles

PRP appointed lead architect on Broadwater Farm estate refurb

Polarising, toxic and much misunderstood: it’s time to unbuckle the green belt

House price growth slowed in June

Planning woes dog number of Persimmon completions

Regulator drops ‘leasehold’ investigation into Barratt without taking action

Go-ahead for reworked 400-home Southwark scheme

How council planning departments reached crisis point

L&Q boosts housing completions 29%

Countryside puts modular factory up for sale

Bellway’s revenue jumps to a record £3.5bn

‘Don’t find local plans unsound until September’ Clark tells planning inspectorate

Tide Construction gets green light for 48-storey modular tower

House prices drop for first time in a year, says Halifax

Interest rate hike to 1.75% ‘could slow housing market’

Morgan Sindall faces £50m bill as ministers look to widen cladding pledge

Cherry family firm posts nine-fold increase in profit

Taylor Wimpey sees interim profit jump despite turnover dip

House price growth continues to slow in July

Firms on notice for £2bn decarbonisation framework

Housebuilders warn cladding pledge contract is ‘impossible to sign’

Pocket Living drops to £19m loss

Ministers to raise accessibility standard for new homes

We need evidence-based design to reach climate and wellbeing targets

London mayor ‘very concerned’ capacity of electricity grid is delaying development

Barratt profit to exceed expectations

Problems at modular factory caused collapse of Urban Splash House

Housing secretary Gove sacked

Housing minister resigns

Cladding costs send Crest Nicholson tumbling into red for half year

We must put people and their homes at the heart of the planning process

Are we seeing the start of a housing development slowdown?

Modular construction emits 45% less carbon than traditional methods, report finds

Let’s design better, specify better and consume more carefully – that’s my (not so) radical idea

How to drop a manifesto pledge without blinking

Government reveals data behind £4bn fire safety repair bill claim

Nutrient pollution: a developing problem with no solution in sight

The anti-developers have won as government signals full retreat on planning

New infrastructure tax to be levied on schemes’ gross development value

Government not bound by 300,000-home manifesto target, says Gove

Barratt boss hits out at Gove’s £3bn levy plan

Hackitt slams industry for lack of progress on building safety

Why scrapping S106 will result in better placemaking

Local elections 2022: how will housing and planning issues affect voting?

Products firms ‘sticking to their guns’ on refusal to pay for cladding costs, CPA says

Housebuilder Stewart Milne put up for sale

More of the industry should shell out for cladding repairs, MP tells government

Redrawn Norwich homes plan submitted for planning after original scheme kicked out

Contractors and architects should pay up for cladding costs too, products chief says

Whatever happened to those radical planning reforms?

Contractors on notice for £120m second phase of Hackney regen scheme

Heat pumps: no silver bullet in the journey to net zero

Housebuilders hit back over £3bn levy plan

‘Too many unknowns’ to pay up, products group tells Gove

Gove promises ‘reputational consequences’ for products firms after cladding talks break down

Building Awards unveils two new categories as entries open for 2022

Crest Nicholson signs Gove’s ‘building safety pledge’ to fix tower blocks

Housebuilders and Gove close to deal on cladding repairs

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