All Housing Today articles in August 2020 – Page 3
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NewsFormer civil service chief slams planning reforms
Lord Kerslake says plans risk hit to affordable housing delivery and a ’return to mono-tenure estates’
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NewsConsultant appointed to develop national design code as part of planning reforms
Urban design consultancy Urbed is developing national code for adoption by local authorities
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NewsRemediation of two-thirds of ACM-clad buildings not finished
Latest data shows 243 buildings still have ACM cladding, more than three years on from Grenfell fire
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NewsCouncil housing company submits MMC scheme for planning
Barnet Homes will use modular system developed by architect RCKa
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NewsMore funding needed to decarbonise homes, energy minister admits
Kwasi Kwarteng says the £2bn Green Homes Grant is ”not the be all and end all”
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NewsHousing market bounces back, says RICS
Growth in demand for homes is more widespread than at any point this century
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NewsPlans for £500m Commonwealth Games village pulled
Organisers insist the broader 1,100-home Perry Barr regen scheme being delivered by Lendlease still on track
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NewsHousebuilders eye £19m Cardiff scheme
Council looking to find builders for part of an 1,000-home building programme
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NewsHousebuilding output halved in second quarter of the year
First official figures for covid period show housing industry's contribution to steepest ever contraction in UK GDP
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NewsGalliford Try to build 665-home Leeds build to rent scheme
Developer Highline Investments will pay Galliford £105m for the work
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NewsGrainger’s Lewisham JV wins planning for 324-home scheme
Build-to-rent scheme in New Cross to be delivered in joint venture with local authority
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NewsCouncil-owned developer wins permission for 150-home East London scheme
Developer Be First gets green light for scheme on two sites in Barking Dagenham
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NewsArchitect Simon Allford to be next RIBA president
Co-founder of Stirling Prize-winning practice AHMM, behind several residential schemes, wins election
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NewsBellway sees 31% completions slump
Housebuilder says sales rates have now partially recovered from lockdown collapse
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CommentA planning committee member on the planning reforms
Sachin Shah says the white paper has some good ideas but will neuter local democracy
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NewsHousing associations raise £650m for development
Developing associations Midland Heart and Hyde Group together raise over half a billion pounds in recent days
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NewsModular housebuilder Etopia first to be declared ‘carbon neutral’
Firm has also signed up to UN climate pledge, as housebuilder Hill appoints new head of sustainability
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NewsGovernment adviser slams planning reform critics
Barrister Christopher Katkowski brands ‘slums of the future’ accusation ’crass’
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NewsLondon council signs ‘biggest ever’ modular council homes deal
Greenwich signs up Liverpool off-site supplier Ideal Modular for £300m 750-home council housing programme
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NewsKeystone’s 5,000-home Royal Docks masterplan approved by City Hall
Scheme was called in after being rejected by Newham council last year