Olivia Barber
NewsPennycook ‘convinced’ 1.5 million homes are deliverable but won’t commit to annual targets
Housing minster tells MPs he can’t provide a figure for the number of affordable or social rent homes to be delivered within the 1.5 million homes target
NewsHawkins Brown masterplan looks at doubling size of Cambridge housing scheme to 6,000 homes
More than 1,000 units already built at site on outskirts of city
NewsSadiq Khan set to appoint Karen Buck as chair of London development corporation
Former MP Karen Buck will be responsible for spearheading the delivery of tens of thousands of affordable homes near the new Old Oak Common HS2 station.
NewsHowells submits 1,000-home masterplan for Wolverhampton city centre redevelopment
Council partnering with Homes England, Muse and Legal & General on scheme
NewsHomes England grants L&Q and the Mayor of London £124m in funding for Barking Riverside
The loan and grant funding will help to prepare the land for development of an additional 16,500 homes
NewsAlex Norris replaces Rushanara Ali as building safety minister
Ali lost the brief after it came to light that she had attended a conference sponsored by a cladding firm linked to Grenfell
NewsNew survey finds attitude to urban brownfield regeneration ‘overwhelmingly positive’
A survey commissioned by Landsec, British Land and Berkeley found that almost 80% of people felt urban regeneration would have a positive impact on their area
NewsRemediation of unsafe cladding on 2,300 residential buildings yet to start
The latest government data reveals there are 4,613 residential buildings 11m and over with unsafe cladding
NewsDagenham block of flats engulfed by fire had known safety issues since 2020
An external wall survey showed the building ‘did not fully comply with building regulations at the time of build’
NewsAberdeen City Council decides demolition is the safest option for 500 RAAC homes
Homes containing the lightweight concrete will be demolished and rebuilt at a cost of £130m
NewsLeadership shake-up announced at London Legacy Development Corporation
Suki Kalirai confirmed as new chair
NewsCampaigners launch legal challenge against Perkins & Will’s 196-home Bristol zoo scheme
The Bristol Zoological Society says judicial review has “no merit” after taking independent legal advice
NewsHousing providers and charities urge government to adopt accessibility standards for new-build homes
The Centre for Ageing Better says 250,000 more accessible homes could have been built if the previous government had adopted the regulations
NewsAssael gets approval for 353 homes in Bromley Waitrose site redevelopment
Scheme will deliver 10% affordable housing
NewsRayner urges council leaders in ‘devolution deserts’ to take on new powers
The government wants to hand over more powers to manage housing, planning and transport to those with “skin in the game”
NewsLendlease’s 3,000-home Smithfield plan stalled again over calls for park and square to be ‘much larger’
The developer says it will work closely with council officers to understand the £1.9bn city centre project’s latest deferral
NewsScottish government declares a national housing emergency
Scottish Labour successfully pushes MSPs to formally acknowledge the housing crisis
NewsLevitt Bernstein submits plans for 1,100-home Norfolk regeneration scheme
The regeneration of the 1960s Abbey Estate, located between Norwich and Cambridge, will take place over 20 years
NewsLabour unveils plan to build on ‘grey belt’ land
The policy has the potential to unlock land to build hundreds of thousands of new homes, party says