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Basildon votes to withdraw 29,000-home local plan if judicial review fails despite warning from Pennycook

2026-10-29T12:14:00+00:00

Essex council will wait for outcome of High Court challenge before withdrawing plan as housing minister threatens legal action

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Budget 2026 reaction: Social housing funding welcomed but viability concerns persist
2026-10-29T09:06:00+00:00
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MTVH ‘confident’ of completing 1,000 homes this year
2026-10-29T11:13:00+00:00
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Mortgage approvals hit 33-month low
2026-10-29T11:14:00+00:00

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Healey removes BNG rules on smaller brownfield sites and pledges more ‘proportionate’ approach to housebuilding regulation
2026-10-28T14:52:00+00:00
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Healey confirms extra £1.5bn for Social and Affordable Homes Programme
2026-10-28T15:29:00+00:00
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Healey announces £4.7bn for Your First Home scheme
2026-10-28T16:42:00+00:00
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OBR cuts housing forecast by 190,000 homes over next five years
2026-10-28T16:11:00+00:00
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Chancellor says Milburn’s Neet report to be published next month
2026-10-28T15:28:00+00:00
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Regulator ‘considering alternative resolution options’ if necessary for Notting Hill Genesis
2026-10-28T12:29:00+00:00

Public housing is back at the top of British architecture
2026-10-28T06:00:00+00:00
Land sold to RPs subject to zero rate of VAT from next Spring
2026-10-28T17:05:00+00:00

Government fleshes out plans to ‘rewire state’ with devolution deals
2026-10-28T16:34:00+00:00
‘Fundamental changes’ needed at Haringey as regulator hands council C4 grading
2026-10-28T11:05:00+00:00

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Rapid growth and leaving a legacy: Liam Bevan on the rise of Cardo

By Carl Brown

Backed by private equity, buoyant from no fewer than 18 acquisitions and expecting to turn over £460m in its current year, the Welsh repairs contractor has grown sevenfold in just three years. Its co-founder talks about the firm’s background, strategy and what comes next

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Public housing is back at the top of British architecture
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Slash-and-burn deregulation is no fix for the viability crisis
By Joey Gardiner
London wants whole-life carbon reductions. So why are its proposed limits focused on upfront emissions?
By Andrea Charlson

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‘We will deliver a generational shift’… Why the Grenfell Inquiry report means another building safety shake-up

Keir Starmer wants his government’s response to the tragedy to mark a defining moment in the safety and quality of housing in the UK. Is the construction industry prepared for it?