All Housing articles – Page 5
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FeaturesPlans for 150,000 homes but no water to supply them. Does Gove’s vision for Cambridge stand a chance?
The housing secretary wants to build nearly three times as many homes as the target set by Cambridge’s own planners. Is there something he knows that they don’t? Daniel Gayne reports
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NewsHowells' 234-home canalside development in Birmingham approved
The scheme will be built in Ladywood, close to the Birmingham main line canal
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OpinionChasing housing targets, cash-strapped Birmingham risks destroying its cultural soul
Birmingham is the canary in the coal mine, showing us how financially stricken local authorities are increasingly sacrificing cultural assets in pursuit of investment, writes Simeon Shtebunaev
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NewsHenley Halebrown gets go-ahead for 316-bed student block next to Olympic Park
Scheme will include a 35% quota for affordable accommodation
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NewsGreen light for HTA’s 140-home west London scheme after second staircase changes
The HTA-designed scheme will include a mix of studios and one, two and three-bedroom apartments
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NewsBuilding 90,000 new social homes a year ‘could boost British economy by £50bn’
Ahead of the general election, the NHF and Shelter are urging political parties to commit to a long-term plan which prioritises social housing
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OpinionWhy stewardship is critical to creating places where people want to live and work
In the drive to reach ambitious housing targets it is essential to plan for the long term care and sustainability of new developments, writes Hugh Petter
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OpinionMoney, trust and freedom: What councils need in order to build more homes
With market conditions for private developers difficult, councils can step in and build the homes we need but they require support from ministers, writes Anthony Okereke
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NewsFormer Greenpeace directors win planning for UK’s largest timber neighbourhood
Mae, Ash Sakula and Mole working on 685-home Phoenix project in East Sussex
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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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FeaturesWill the government’s biodiversity plans prove a net gain for the housing sector?
From this month, all developments will have to show how they increase biodiversity by 10% in order to receive planning permission. Joey Gardiner looks at whether the policy is a win-win or too much too soon
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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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NewsDLUHC announces £80m brownfield funding pot with target of 8,000 new homes
Local authorities encouraged to bid for funds to bring derelict sites back into use
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FeaturesWhat happens to council housing developments when a local authority goes ‘bankrupt’?
When a section 114 ‘bankruptcy’ notice is put in place, a council’s non-statutory services are restricted and housebuilding ’goes to the back of the queue’. Yet the growing number of councils in this situation are finding ways to carry on building.
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Building StudyBringing dignity and joy to later living: Mae’s Daventry House project sets a whole new standard
The Stirling Prize-winning practice is helping to define a new era for those who want to live independently as they get older
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NewsHalf a million homes a year needed to meet record net migration, says think tank
Government housebuilding target based on substantially lower migration figures
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NewsSingh Fudge Architects wins planning for housing scheme in Coventry
Two-phase development would see an initial six-storey affordable housing block joined by a fifteen-storey tower at a later stage
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NewsMore than a million plots owned or controlled by 11 largest housebuilders, says regulator
The Competition and Markets Authority is seeking feedback on land banks and planning rules as part of its probe into the housbeuilding market
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ReviewReview | Housing Atlas: Europe 20th Century
This timely publication offers a reminder that the value of innovation is not in being different, but in imagining and creating new models from which others can learn, writes Bob Allies
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FeaturesHow much worse is the UK housebuilding recession going to get?
With little prospect of a rapid reduction in interest rates to spur a recovery, many in the industry are now just looking to “survive until ’25”. Joey Gardiner looks at the prospects for residential developers doing so.