Planning reforms are key to fixing the housing crisis, but more attention is needed on supporting local authorities to improve their ability to respond to planning demands, according to the Federation of Master Builders (FMB) [read more…]
Leading north-west property developer, Torus, is breaking ground on a new Wirral development in a continuing effort to increase access to affordable housing options in the Borough. Developing on the former site of Lyndale School, [read more…]
Tim Lowe, Founder of LOWE, says that housing needs to be at the top of every political agenda but with realistic targets and not overpromises of action that simply cannot be delivered. “We are in a [read more…]
The Housing Forum is writing to all main party candidates standing in the General Election in England, urging them to place quality house building at the heart of their political agenda. Addressing politicians representing Conservative, [read more…]
Builders and developers across the UK registered a total of 15,343 new homes during October according to NHBC’s latest statistics, a year-on-year increase of 6% (October 2018: 14,494). 10,688 were registered in the private sector [read more…]
Rotherham Council’s Cabinet is set to formally approve plans to build 171 new homes in a £30m investment intended to breathe new life into three rundown town centre sites. The Council’s Cabinet will consider the [read more…]
Work has begun on the latest of four schemes that will see the delivery of 65 quality, affordable homes across the North-West in a contract worth a total of £6.2m. Liverpool-based construction and development company, [read more…]
A proposed new housing settlement on the outskirts of York has increased its affordable allocation from 30% to 40%, which could mean the delivery of over 700 new homes for low income families within an [read more…]
Swindon Borough Council has granted detailed planning permission for the first homes to be delivered by the joint venture company set up to create around 3,000 new homes at Wichelstowe, south of Swindon. Work on [read more…]
Around 8,500 new houses will be built in Northamptonshire following a funding injection from Homes England, the government’s housing delivery agency. Located within an hour of London and Birmingham and inside the Cambridge/Oxford corridor, the [read more…]
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