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Why puddles are the latest in a long list of obstacles to building the homes we need

2025-05-30T06:00:00+01:00

The planning system no longer recognises the difference between rivers and puddles and this must be fixed, says Paul Smith

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Planning reform and housing delivery in the year ahead – a lot to do but the signs are promising

2025-02-11T06:18:00+00:00By Paul Smith

Paul Smith describes the current planning reform landscape and finds positivity in the government’s general direction of travel

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What exit of ‘the Peters’ means for the future of Homes England

2024-11-22T12:15:00+00:00By Joey Gardiner

The departure of both the chair and chief executive of the government’s housing agency sends a strong message that the ministry wants to build more homes and work with partners in a different way, writes Joey Gardiner

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Partnerships and location are key to success of government’s new towns ambitions

2024-08-14T06:00:00+01:00By Oliver Steele1 comments

New town developments have had mixed results in the past and there are lessons to be learnt. Four essential factors should be considered if this latest initiative is to work, says Oliver Steele

Jacke Sadek

It’ll take 10 years to solve the housing crisis – but here’s how we might do it

2024-06-07T06:00:00+01:00By Jackie Sadek

The UK housing crisis is so entrenched that it needs to be put onto a war footing and fought through a cross-party accord, says Jackie Sadek

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Gove appears to have woken up to the housing crisis – but his solutions are half-baked

2024-02-14T06:00:00+00:00By Brendan Kilpatrick

To tackle the housing crisis we need strategic leadership but this is beyond the current government, writes Brendan Kilpatrick

Paul Smith CROP

Gove’s attempt to speed up planning decisions could have unintended consequences

2024-01-22T05:59:00+00:00By Paul Smith

Rather than procedural change to drive the illusion of improvement, we should completely re-assess what planners need to be doing, argues Paul Smith

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Why do we keep missing the government’s housing delivery target?

2023-12-22T08:34:00+00:00By Paul Smith2 comments

The housing market is not dysfunctional, it is the planning system that is holding back development, writes Paul Smith

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Housebuilders are right to expect better from politicians after nutrients reform failure

2023-09-18T05:17:00+01:00

Michael Gove has sought to blame Labour for defeat of government proposal, but nutrients reform package was set up to fail, says Joey Gardiner

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Time for Gove to stop throwing stones at housing sector

2023-04-19T06:00:00+01:00By Brendan Kilpatrick

The housing secretary ignores the hard work and goodwill of so many housing professionals at his peril. There may be unintended consequences to the blame being dished out

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Green light for long-stalled 24-storey residential tower in London after developer revisions

2025-06-06T10:58:00+01:00By Daniel Gayne

Swiss Cottage scheme had previous 2016 consent which was never completed

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Southwark approves Aylesbury Estate homes following second staircase delay

2025-06-05T11:55:00+01:00By Tom Lowe

Latest phase of 3,500-home redevelopment set back by more than two years by fire safety rules

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Blanket 40% affordability targets threaten new town viability, Lords told

2025-06-04T11:40:00+01:00By Daniel Gayne

Experts also urge multi-decade public lending

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Spending review ‘make or break’ for 1.5 million homes target, influential MP tells Treasury

2025-06-04T09:48:00+01:00By Carl Brown

Select committee chair raises concern over claims MHCLG will face reduced funding as an ‘unprotected’ department

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Section 106 agreements lengthen planning process by 16 months, housing group finds

2025-06-03T11:53:00+01:00By Matilda Battersby

Freedom of Information requests sent to local planning authorities reveal average timelines have gone up 20% over two years

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Higher build costs and collapsed land sale to hit Gleeson profits

2025-06-03T09:33:00+01:00By Carl Brown

Housebuilder says operating profit will be up to 20% lower than expected

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Watkin Jones falls to loss in half-year results

2025-05-29T11:53:00+01:00By Carl Brown

Turnover drops at student and BTR developer amid ‘challenging backdrop’

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Government unveils plans to simplify planning and biodiversity rules for smaller housing sites

2025-05-28T11:17:00+01:00By Carl Brown

MHCLG also publishes consultation paper on plans to delegate most planning approvals to council officers

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Race starts for £1.5bn housing retrofit framework

2025-05-27T09:44:00+01:00By Jordan Marshall

Procure Plus has put contractors on notice to carry out the installation of low and zero carbon technologies in social housing stock.

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Deal agreed for £500m regeneration project

2025-05-22T09:41:00+01:00By Carl Brown

Longer-term plans will see 2,000 homes built in Wythenshawe

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More than a masterplan: the people power behind Earls Court’s next chapter

2025-03-19T06:00:00+00:00By Mary Richardson

Mary Richardson went to meet the team of local people helping to shape the Earls Court redevelopment in west London as part of a wider programme of inclusive community engagement

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It’s deja vu all over again: Can the Ox-Cam Arc work second time around?

2025-02-24T06:00:00+00:00By Joey Gardiner

The chancellor has given her backing to an expansion plan for the corridor connecting Oxford, Milton Keynes and Cambridge, including thousands of homes, which the previous government dropped. Joey Gardiner asks what hope the industry can have

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The 1.5 million-home question: Does the government’s planning reform programme add up?

2025-01-08T07:00:00+00:00By Joey Gardiner

Ministers unleashed a barrage of planning reforms in the dying days of 2024. Joey Gardiner asks if these can give the industry the boost it needs to get anywhere close to the government’s ambitious housebuilding target?

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A tale of two mergers: What do the completion of Barratt-Redrow and the collapse of Bellway-Crest Nicholson mean for Labour’s housebuilding plans?

2024-09-24T12:00:00+01:00By Joey Gardiner

Is the ground-breaking tie-up likely to help or hinder the government’s chances of hitting its sky-high 1.5 million housebuilding target?

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Key takeaways from the ΢ÃÜȦ the Future Conference and Housing Today Live

2024-09-19T12:24:00+01:00

Church House in Westminster yesterday played host to two back-to-back conferences on construction and housing attended by hundreds of professionals from the built environment. Here is a round-up of the key talking points from the event, run by ΢ÃÜȦ and Housing Today.

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Investigation: how are councils assessing the risks of uPVC cladding in low-rise housing after the Barnet fire?

2024-08-30T12:34:00+01:00By Olivia Barber

When a fire in 2023 destroyed four terraced houses Barnet Council brought the housing sector’s attention to an overlooked fire safety issue: the use of uPVC cladding in low-rise homes. Have other councils heeded its warning? Olivia Barber launched a Freedom of Information investigation to find out

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A boost for housebuilding or an ill-defined gimmick? - Labour’s ‘grey belt’ plans explained

2024-07-24T06:00:00+01:00By Daniel Gayne

Labour hopes its rebrand of ‘ugly’ green belt land will help. But will it work?

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Home Truths podcast: In conversation with Darren Rodwell

2024-05-28T06:00:00+01:00

Episode 4: Bricks and mortar, hearts and minds - Darren Rodwell, Labour’s candidate for Barking and council leader for the east London borough, on how he expects the Labour leadership to reveal more housing policy detail now the election has been called

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‘Good, but not perfect’ – What next for Homes England?

2024-04-25T05:00:00+01:00By Daniel Gayne

A year after the launch of its five-year strategic plan, an independent review of Homes England has set out recommendations for improving the body. But with an election coming soon, what might the future actually hold for the agency? Daniel Gayne reports.

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A vision for 150,000 homes but no water to supply them. Does Gove’s Cambridge plan stand a chance?

2024-03-20T06:00:00+00:00By Daniel Gayne

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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