All Barratt Developments articles
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NewsRochdale council approves 445-home scheme
Barratt Developments, LP Trows and David Wilson Homes are the scheme’s developers
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CommentWhy we as Barratt Redrow expect to build 22,000 homes a year
Barratt and Redrow have cleared competition watchdog hurdles to complete the biggest housebuilder merger in years. Chief executive David Thomas explains the enlarged firm’s strategy
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NewsBarratt wins appeal over 1,000-home Cambridge scheme despite water fears
Availability of sustainable water resource ‘need not impede’ planning permission, says government
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NewsBarratt, Homes England and Lloyds form JV to build out sites of up to 10,000 homes
£150m MADE partnership will seek to develop large brownfield sites and ‘garden villages’
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NewsBarratt profit drops by three quarters amid fresh building safety costs and market slowdown
Completions drop 19% and expected to fall further this year
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NewsBarratt pulls four planning applications over 50% affordable housing viability concerns
Group land director calls for tweaks to National Planning Policy Framework proposals
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CommentPlanning reforms alone will not boost housebuilding to 1.5m homes
While impressive, Labour’s planning shake-up will need to be accompanied by demand-side measures, falling interest rates and support for affordable housing if we are to truly boost housebuilding, writes David Thomas
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NewsBarratt and Redrow merger set to complete this week
Barratt to waive CMA approval condition as it engages with regulator over local competition concerns
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NewsConcrete frame defects and fire safety work cost Barratt an extra £130m
Housebuilder says it expects CMA decision on £2.5bn merger with Redrow by August
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CommentHousebuilders have a responsibility to make apprentice schemes attractive
As new figures show a sharp fall in apprenticeship starts, David Thomas discusses what the industry can do to encourage more young people into the housebuilding sector
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CommentIs the reputation of housebuilders really that bad?
Recent surveys suggest that housebuilders’ customers are more satisfied than is often portrayed in the media, writes David Thomas
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NewsCompetition watchdog opens inquiry into £2.5bn Barratt Redrow deal
CMA to probe whether deal will lead to “substantial lessening of competition”
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CommentA flurry of policy announcements and a general election: why housing is set for a busy 2024
Barratt boss David Thomas explains what he wants to see from the shifting policy landscape over the next 12 months
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CommentThe three main parties have targets of 300,000 homes a year or more – but how serious are they?
Labour, Conservatives and the Lib Dems have all announced ambitious goals, but how can they be met? asks Barratt boss David Thomas
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NewsEnvironment Agency hits out at 1,000-home Barratt scheme’s ‘unsustainable’ pressures on water
Councillors on Monday rejected the 1,000-home application, but planning inspector will have final say
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NewsBarratt wins 300-home appeal on disputed green belt site
Michael Gove says York site is not green belt despite being earmarked in emerging local plan
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NewsBarratt appoints new managing director for North-west region
Former Redrow Lancashire boss will now lead David Wilson Homes North-west
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NewsBarratt recruits former British Land director to board
Nigel Webb left in June after three decades at business
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CommentHow Barratt is helping to house Afghan refugees who supported armed forces
David Thomas urges other housebuilders to join Barratt in setting up leasing scheme with local authority
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NewsBarratt and Avant pick new regional MDs
Barratt names new Yorkshire West managing director, while Avant Homes poaches Persimmon director for East Mids role