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Barking Riverside regeneration receives £500m boost
London’s Barking Riverside, one of the UK’s largest regeneration projects, receives £500m for transport links, parkland and other community facilities – alongside almost 11,000 homes
Sadiq Khan approves 21-storey offsite building in Croydon
The mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has approved plans for a new 21-storey offsite building in Croydon
Small homebuilders receive a boost from Khan
A pilot programme for small homebuilders using publicly owned land belonging to Transport for London (TfL) has been launched by London Mayor, Sadiq Khan
TfL releases land site for housebuilding
Over 1,000 new homes are on track as Transport for London (TfL) releases its largest land site so far for home-building
BSRIA calls for more social housing to combat homelessness
BSRIA has commented on the announcement by MPs that said homelessness in England is a "national crisis" and the government's attitude to tackling it is "unacceptably complacent"
DCLG accused of ‘lack of urgency’ on rise in homelessness
MPs have said that government departments are not working together effectively enough to address the rise in homelessness
Exporting Ireland: Offsite, digital and the future of Irish construction
PBC Today talks to Enterprise Ireland’s John Hunt, about the role of offsite and in improving efficiency, delivering “wow factor” and tackling the housing crisis on both sides of the Irish Sea
Council planning departments missing out on £70m, LGA warns
Council planning departments are set to miss out on an extra £70m by the end of the financial year, ‘hampering’ their ability to process applications, if the Government does not urgently bring forward measures to increase planning fees, the LGA has warned
Khan launches draft London Plan to increase housing capacity
Sadiq Khan is ready to ‘rip up’ planning rules in challenging housebuilders to develop affordable housing sites at higher densities to substantially increase capacity in London
TCPA calls on Government to back Garden Cities
The Town and Country Planning Association (TCPA) is calling on Government to use the Autumn Statement to commit to a programme of affordable and high-quality new Garden Cities
Sadiq Khan urges chancellor to support housebuilding in London
Sadiq Khan wants the Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond to take emergency action to support housebuilding in the forthcoming Budget
Infrastructure Survey highlights concern over Government commitment
According to the 2017 CBI/AECOM Infrastructure Survey, both business and the public are concerned about the pace of the Government’s commitment to improving the...
Javid launches social housing Green Paper
Communities and Local Government Secretary, Sajid Javid, has announced at the NHF conference that the government will launch a social housing Green Paper
Acton Gardens development set for demolition works
Mick George Ltd discuss the demolition works in a bid to deliver 246 new homes in a redevelopment scheme
Progress on the award-winning Acton Gardens development in...
Residential revolution needed for ageing population, says LGA
The number of specialist homes for older people will need to increase by 400,000 units in less than 20 years. We need a residential revolution say the LGA
Planning applications subsidised by taxpayers to the tune of £1bn
Local taxpayers will be forced to spend £1 billion covering the cost of planning applications by 2022, the Local Government Association has warned.
Government figures claim house building at highest level since 2008
New figures claim house building is at its highest level since 2008 with Gloucestershire and South Derbyshire amongst the strongest growth areas
Tackling the housing crisis must remain a government priority
Town and Country Planning Association's Kate Henderson argues that the government must not let Brexit distract it from tackling the housing crisis
Brexit negotiations will...
Councils should be given a greater role to solve the housing...
A new report suggests the key to solving the UK’s ongoing housing crisis is to give local councils more power to buy and sell land
Construction firms are being urged help homeless people into work
Some of London’s most vulnerable homeless people could find jobs in the building sector, boosting the number of skilled workers
New towns and garden cities promised by Labour ahead of General...
Labour will increase housebuilding through a new generation of towns and garden cities if they win the General Election
NACSBA calls on government to boost custom and self build housing...
Housing cannot afford to fall off the political agenda and the government should be looking at the scope of custom and self build housing to help tackle the crisis
Planning regulations should be relaxed to encourage more housebuilding
To stabilise housing prices, make home ownership affordable and encourage more housebuilding planning regulations need to be loosened
Housing associations are ‘front and centre’ in Housing White Paper
David Baybut, Head of Real Estate and Partner at law firm Stephensons outlines the key role housing associations have to play in tackling the shortage of homes
Council housing building programme in South Lanarkshire to double its targets...
An ambitious council housing building programme expects to complete 1,000 extra homes by 2022, benefiting South Lanarkshire residents
The Housing White Paper: not much stick and even less carrot
Mark Thackerey, Principal Consultant, Walsingham Planning outlines the good, the bad, and the ugly parts of the Housing White Paper