All articles by Carl Brown – Page 2
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NewsGreen light for local architect’s Southampton marina scheme
HGP Architects’ scheme will not include affordable housing following viability assessment
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NewsPRP gets green light for Watford tower scheme
Police station and magistrates court to be replaced with three-block mixed-use scheme
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NewsThe government’s response to the Grenfell Inquiry: Key proposals at a glance
Ministers have today published their long-awaited plan in response to the inquiry into the Grenfell fire, which claimed 72 lives in 2017. Here is a guide to the key proposals.
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NewsNew legislation on £400bn public procurement spend comes into force
Major shake-up of the way public bodies purchase goods and services starts today
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NewsRayner announces £300m boost for affordable housing delivery
MHCLG says latest funding will deliver 2,800 homes, with half for social rent
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NewsLords committee finds grey belt policy ‘unlikely to have significant impact’ on housebuilding
Lord Moylan warns Angela Rayner that policy has been “rushed and incoherent”
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NewsReeves promises not to ‘renege’ on building safety regulation as 90 new high-rise projects held up by rules
Work on more than 700 blocks are waiting on design approval from regulator under Building Safety Act, new figures show
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NewsMinisters pledge to double the size of the Oxford-Cambridge economy in boost for life sciences sector
Initiative has potential to add £78bn in GDP to UK economy
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NewsStreeting revises timetable for New Hospital Programme with five schemes facing delay until 2039
Health secretary contrasts “honest, realistic, deliverable timetable” to Boris Johnson’s original pledge
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NewsGreen light for Grimshaw and Figure Ground’s 10,000-home ‘garden town’ near Harlow
Places for People and Taylor Wimpey get go ahead after terms of section 106 deal agreed by East Hertfordshire Council
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NewsClients show ‘total lack of engagement’ with Building Safety Act, says engineering services body
Trade body says government needs to begin public awareness campaign
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NewsRayner to set out ‘devolution by default’ plan to give mayors more powers over development
MHCLG white paper to propose local government shakeup and more strategic powers for mayors to guide housing, transport and skills projects
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NewsRayner announces plan to bypass local committees to stop developments ‘getting stuck in the system’
Housing secretary announces plan to remove ‘subjectiveness’ and allow applications to be approved if they follow the local plan and the NPPF
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NewsTaskforce calls for cross-departmental unit to lead national older people’s housing strategy
Wide-ranging paper also calls for planning presumption in favour of later living housing and requirements on Homes England to support its expansion
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NewsGovernment considers reforming Right to Buy to safeguard council housing stock
Newly-built housing could be exempt for a set period of time and eligibility periods extended as part of Rayner’s package of reforms to help councils protect their housing stock
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NewsMPs launch inquiry into environmental impact of Starmer’s planning reforms
Environmental audit committee to probe environmental sustainability of the government’s plans for 1.5m homes
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NewsNew Towns Taskforce seeks views on suitable sites for developments of more than 10,000 homes
Independent panel set up by government and chaired by Michael Lyons issues call for evidence
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NewsConstruction output rises at fastest rate since June 2021, PMI report says
Civil engineering best-performing sector amid ‘robust’ demand for renewable energy infrastructure
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NewsRayner ditches review into London Plan ordered by predecessor Gove
Housing secretary says decision will enable ‘partnership approach’ with City Hall
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NewsFurther 7,000 residential buildings outside official statistics could be unsafe, warns minister
Rushanara Ali warns those responsible for thousands of buildings have yet to apply to cladding safety scheme to fix defects