All articles by Carl Brown
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NewsGovernment publishes second staircases guidance for higher risk buildings
Evacuation lifts are not an absolute requirement, technical guidance reveals
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NewsBuilding Safety Regulator ‘expects’ to publish long-awaited second staircase guidance this week
Sadiq Khan warns 38,000 homes are on hold amid confusion over new rules
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NewsCouncil hits out at ‘damaging’ Right to Buy as homes in Mikhail Riches’ Stirling Prize-winning scheme set for sale
Seven residents want to buy homes in prize-winning Goldsmith Street development
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NewsMitigating local planning concerns meant HS2 was always going to be expensive, says scheme’s former COO
Unfair to compare railway’s cost to those in Europe because of amount of tunnels and cuttings that have needed digging, Richard Robinson adds
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NewsGreen light for Allies & Morrison’s 991-home Coventry regeneration plan
Hill Group and Shearer’s City Centre South plans expected to deliver 1,550 new homes overall
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NewsClimate NGO announces partnership with CBRE and manufacturers to boost renovation rates across Europe
Climate Group seeking to increase deep renovation rate to 2.5% by 2030
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NewsGove unveils pre-election plans to increase affordable housing delivery
Housing secretary announces extra £3bn for affordable housing loan scheme to build 20,000 more homes, and restates intention to boost brownfield development
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NewsGove unveils proposed planning guidance changes in bid to boost brownfield development
Housing secretary wants planning authorities to take a less “bureaucratic” approach to urban development
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NewsNo ‘definitive timescale’ for second staircase guidance, Building Safety Regulator says
Clients said to be over-engineering fire safety specifications due to design uncertainty
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NewsRegulator confirms ‘full’ designs won’t always be needed for building control approval
Official says designs with ‘holes’ can receive approval in some circumstances
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NewsBuilding the Future Commission calls for return of chief construction adviser
The Long Term Plan for Construction report makes a host of recommendations for industry and government
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FeaturesHow the life sciences boom is impacting the UK’s housing sector
The British life sciences industry is attracting record levels of investment and now housing developers are looking to take advantage of the opportunities
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NewsBerkeley puts breaks on new development funding due to ‘unsupportive’ regulatory environment
Housebuilder to focus instead on “financial strength” amid “volatile” operating conditions
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NewsHousebuilder boss predicts Starmer’s plans will not deliver ‘a single house’ in next five years
Peter Truscott casts doubts over Labour policy
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NewsStarmer to present ‘new towns’ plan as part of ‘national renewal’ strategy
Labour leader expected to loosen planning rules and incentivise ’Georgian townhouse-style’ design
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NewsLabour to hire hundreds of more planning officers to speed up decisions
Rachel Reeves set to announce measures to fast track planning for life sciences, battery factories and 5G infrastructure
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NewsPlanning system’s risks and costs ‘burdening’ small builders, report says
Lichfields report says getting outline permission taking an average of 12 months
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NewsMaccreanor Lavington gets approval for 4,800-home Manchester plan
Outline approval for buildings up to 55 storeys in height
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NewsDLUHC will not require ‘Golden thread’ building information to be stored on one system
The government says it has received feedback about the effectiveness of multiple systems to share building safety information
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NewsTesting body BRE no longer accepting work from Kingspan or Celotex due to Grenfell
Firm ends relationship with insulation firms following evidence at inquiry