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£26m starter home boost to first-time buyers
Communities Secretary launches £26 million fund for housebuilders to demonstrate the range of high quality homes for first-time buyers...
Greg Clark has announced the government...
Section 106 exemption ruled unlawful
The High Court has ruled against the government's policy of exempting developers of small sites from paying affordable housing contributions...
The Department for Communities and...
The green belt dilemna
Amanda Beresford, Head of Planning at corporate law firm Shulmans, asks whether the government’s house building plans will result in development in the green...
Implementing the Housing Standards Review
Paul Wilkins, Chair of the ACAI examines how the Housing Standards Review will be implemented by both building control and councils…
October 2015 sees the...
Warranties vs Insurance
Warranties vs Insurance – which cover is best? Kim Vernau, chief executive officer at BLP Insurance explains
There is, and always has been, debate in...
NHS England to develop healthy towns scheme
News towns or schemes of more than 250 homes will form part of a new NHS England initiative to trial design ideas and digital...
Implementing the Housing Standards Review
Paul Wilkins, Chair of the ACAI examines how the Housing Standards Review will be implemented by both building control and councils
The green belt dilemma
Amanda Beresford, Head of Planning at corporate law firm Shulmans, asks whether the government’s house building plans will result in development in the green...
Annual planning performance in Scotland reveals mixed results
The scale of a project determined the average length of time it took it decide the outcome of planning applications in Scotland, according to...
‘Impossible’ zero carbon home designed
Designers at Cardiff University have proven the Chancellor wrong after constructing an affordable zero carbon home...
It has been a bad week for the zero...
Self build on the increase
A new survey has revealed growth in the self build sector despite discrepancies in the way councils support it...
According to a new survey by...
Canary Wharf to trial smart city technology
Canary Wharf Group is set to pilot new technologies as the latest winners of the Cognicity Challenge are announced...
The Cognicity Challenge is a competition...
Summer edition of PBC Today Northern Ireland is live!
Welcome to the Summer edition of Planning and Building Control Today Northern Ireland...
We are only a few months into the biggest planning and local...
APBC Northern Ireland 4
Welcome to the Summer Edition of PBC Today Northern Ireland. We are only a few months into the biggest planning and local government shake-up...
APBC Scotland 4
Welcome to the Summer edition of Planning and Building Control Today Scotland.
We open this edition with an article highlighting a wonderful example of what...
Council houses benefit from external wall insulation
Council houses across Wrexham are set to receive a face lift due to an external improvement programme, which will insulate and improve the outer...
Plans for a £25m mixed-use scheme submitted
A planning application for a new housing and retail development on the site of the former Walton Hospital, Merseyside, has been submitted for approval.
Mulbury...
Housing a BIM revolution
When it comes to BIM, the housing sector has very much been a latecomer in terms of implementation says Andrew Carpenter, Chair of BIM4Housing
Local authority action on energy efficiency
Ian Hutchcroft, Head of Local Delivery at the Energy Saving Trust explains how local authorities can retrofit for energy efficiency and deliver benefits for...
The NIA insulation service
The National Insulation Association (NIA) announces the introduction of a new service for Local Authorities and Housing Associations looking for insulation companies to work...
PROFILE: The fabric of thermal comfort
When we typically spend 90% of our time indoors or in vehicles, it’s fair to say that the buildings we live, work or play...
Energy efficiency and housing: what next for Local Authorities?
Ian Hutchcroft, Head of Local Delivery at the Energy Saving Trust explains how local authorities can retrofit for energy efficiency and deliver benefits for carbon reduction, health, jobs and growth
Isover’s Optima IWI system insulates Bolton Home
As part of a trial into solid wall insulation by the Energy Saving Trust, Saint- Gobain Isover installed its newly launched Optima Internal Wall...
Warm Up Bristol: City-wide energy efficiency
A part of Bristol’s status as 2015 European Green Capital involves becoming the UK’s most energy efficient major city. Here, the Council outline their...
A smoke alarm victory
Graham Ellicot, CEO of the Fire Industry Association details the long campaign to ensure that smoke alarms are installed in all privately rented homes…
In...
PROFILE: BIM3 Initiatives launched by government – but what about BIM2?
David Wigglesworth, Managing Director of UK Specification, a division of ASSA ABLOY UK, looks at BIM3 in terms of its objectives and likely levels...