All articles by Daniel Gayne
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NewsWatkin Jones announces private equity partner for 294-unit hotel scheme
Project expected to generate £40m in revenue
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NewsZoopla reports three-year high in home moves but price growth cools
Latest house price index also reveals north-south divide in inflation
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In FocusWhat the latest documents tell us about the government’s progress on building safety
A flurry of progress reports, consultation documents, reviews and statements were put out by the government last week. Housing Today combs through the documents to unpack what has been achieved in responding to the Grenfell Inquiry’s recommendations and what is still to come
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News3,000-home Birmingham scheme step closer due to £173m grant funding allocation
Smithfield will see 3,000 homes delivered by Lendlease and Crown Estate
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NewsCourt backs leaseholders and government in key cases on Building Safety Act retrospectivity
Build-to-rent developer Get Living told to reimburse millions in one of two judgements issued by Court of Appeal
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NewsSouthwark council approves 27-storey tower with student and affordable components
Scheme features 477 student rooms and 79 affordable homes
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NewsStronger sanctions and changes in law required to prevent Grenfell-style corporate failures, says think tank
Common Wealth advocates fines of up to 10% of global turnover for offending firms
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NewsGreen light for long-stalled 24-storey residential tower in London after developer revisions
Swiss Cottage scheme had previous 2016 consent which was never completed
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NewsBarratt Supreme Court ruling gives developers ‘clear path’ to recover remediation costs from contractor
Judgement in favour of housebuilding giant over dispute with AECOM-owned engineer will encourage proactive approach to fixing safety defects, say lawyers
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NewsGreen light for more than 1,000 homes in revised scheme by modular developer
Tide has increased both coliving and affordable components of the proposals
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NewsLandsec to fund housing development drive with £2bn office sell-off
Real estate giant has three schemes in the pipeline to deliver 6,000 homes
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NewsRevenue and pre-tax profit up at Grainger
UK’s largest listed residential landlord has BTR pipeline worth £1.3bn
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NewsMuse and Manchester council consult on £500m plan to regenerate Manchester suburb
Up to 2,000 homes could be delivered in Wythenshawe around revitalised civic centre
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NewsReeves announces £600m investment in skills training for construction
Funding boost welcomed by the CIH, G15 and Barratt Redrow
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NewsWider reform to combined authority governance needed to make most of new planning powers, warns IfG
Insitute for Government sets out recommendations after publication of Planning and Infrastructure Bill
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NewsSeven firms could be disbarred from taxpayer contracts over Grenfell failings
Government to launch investigations into companies as part of response to last year’s report into disaster
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NewsFire chiefs say it could take 24 years to identify unsafe buildings over 11m
NFCC calls for coordinated government strategy to address barriers
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NewsHouse prices up 4.7% on the year in December
Stamp duty changes expected to lead to a jump in transaction at start of 2025
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In FocusUpdated National Planning Policy Framework explained
The government’s proposed changes to national planning policy, set out yesterday, saw just a few tweaks from the draft set out in the Summer. Daniel Gayne looks at what has stayed and what has been changed
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NewsBarratt Redrow, Vistry and Taylor Wimpey among 29 signatories to government’s remediation plan
Developers have committed to starting or completing work on all their buildings by end of July 2027