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NewsGet Living issues more than 50 claims to recover £400m cost of fixing homes at former 2012 athletes village
Landlord says problems relate to building safety defects at East Village site
NewsPoplar Harca and Hill Group get permission for 2,000-home east London regeneration
Proposals for Teviot Estate in Tower Hamlets are finally set to get going after planning hold-ups
NewsBuilding Safety Regulator wants to get gateway 2 approvals process down to ‘five weeks’, construction leader tells peers
But Mark Reynolds says proposal is ‘long way off’ and that getting it to just 13 weeks would be ‘huge step forward’
NewsHenry Boot gets planning for more than 500 homes and cyber centre in Cheltenham
Scheme could eventually see 2,500 homes built
NewsConstruction Skills Mission Board to set out plan to recruit 100,000 extra construction workers a year by 2029
Angela Rayner to attend inuagural meeting of new board
NewsBarely 10% of building safety gateway 2 submissions for new builds have been approved
Data provided by consultancy Cast says average cost of getting green light at this stage is close to £28,000
NewsLeeds student accommodation block gets green light
Part of 1960s-built Merrion Centre set to be demolished to make way for 37-storey development
NewsModular construction firm goes into administration
Elements (Europe) Limited, which specialised in room modules and bathroom pods, took on a 550-home build-to-rent project in Birmingham
NewsGrenfell insulation firm given permission to challenge Kensington and Chelsea Council ban in court
Insulation manufacturer Siderise says last December’s decision by council ‘without foundation or justification’
NewsNetwork Rail and Kier get green light for 423-home scheme
Pair have already built 300 homes at Bishop’s Stortford site
NewsBrickmaker Forterra sees revenue jump due to increased demand from housebuilders
Firm says repairs and maintenance market still subdued
NewsCrown Estate signs development JV with Lendlease which could deliver 26,000 homes
Six major schemes in London and Birmingham named in deal
NewsRemediation costs see Durkan fall to loss despite income growth
Housing contractor and housebuilder switches focus to recently launched regeneration business
NewsHiggins Homes and four others charged over 2018 death of woman hit by pallet of bricks
28-year-old Michaela Boor was killed after being struck in east London more than seven years ago
NewsRetirement village blaze trial collapses with ‘not guilty’ verdicts returned
Four organisations, including Your Housing Group, had faced charges over Crewe fire in 2023
NewsBuilding safety hold-ups blamed as new housing starts in London plunge to 16-year low
Delays getting gateway 2 sign-off sees new home builds in capital collapse as one housing developer describes problems as a ‘national scandal’
NewsAmendments to planning bill will slash a year off major housing projects, government says
Bill heads to committee as experts hit out at reforms to nature protections
NewsSocial housing maintenance specialist picks up part of collapsed Essex contractor
Cardo takes over parts of Romford firm Breyer Group, two weeks after administrators appointed