All development articles
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NewsCapital & Centric to turn former Sheffield brewery into new neighbourhood
Manchester-based developer proposes 252 apartments at Cannon Brewery, birthplace of Stones Bitter
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NewsHomes England secures former prison site for housing
Agency planning to partner with Rother District Council to develop site earmarked for nearly 400 homes
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NewsMHCLG proposes new regeneration body to spearhead development in Greater Cambridge
Announcement is latest in a series of funding packages and initiatives to accelerate housing and infrastructure in the Oxford Cambridge arc
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NewsJV North calls for RPs’ feedback to be included in HBF star rating system amid section 106 quality concerns
Consortium says homes sold to RPs of ‘poorer quality’ than those sold to private buyers as section 106 purchases tumble
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News400-home King’s Cross scheme gets green light from Camden planners
Mixed-use plans include a 31-storey tower with 119 social rented homes in first phase.
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CommentHousing is just as crucial to the success of Ox-Cam arc as science and technology
The government is betting big with a £500m investment in Oxford and Cambridge. But, argues Steve Brett, a shortage of affordable and sustainable housing across the region would halt growth before it even begins
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CommentTackling the intransigent opposition of local groups to development
Ben Derbyshire, who is president of the London Forum of Amenity & Civic Societies, explains how he wants groups to adopt a more proactively positive stance
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In FocusWhat slow progress at Tempsford says about the wider new towns programme
Despite the suitable location of the Bedfordshire site as a place for tens of thousands of new homes, the government has yet to formally declare its backing for the project. Joey Gardiner asks why so many questions remain unresolved
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NewsCrown Estate submits plans for 4,000-home Hertfordshire town
East Hemel is set to deliver affordable housing, new parks and up to four new schools
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In FocusCould York Central be the model to tackle housing's viability problem?
Work has started preparing ground for York Central, a 45-hectare development next to York station that will deliver up to 3,000 homes and 1.4m sq ft of commercial space through a public-private partnership. Thomas Lane reports.
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NewsHenry Boot forward sells site with outline planning for 1,270 homes to Persimmon
Housebuilder to work towards applying for detailed consent early next year
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NewsLandsec pauses four schemes delivering 9,000 homes as returns are ‘insufficient’
Developer says construction work on the consented schemes could start in 2027
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CommentBuilding 1.5 million homes requires a radical, joined-up strategy
Saying ‘build baby build’ is not a policy, we need fundamental structural change to housing, writes Richard Jones
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NewsWorries grow over Building Safety Regulator’s plan to clear gateway 2 backlog after building control firm collapses
Callers to Assent Building Compliance’s head office told firm has ‘ceased trading and set for insolvency’
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NewsFirst look at plans for Liverpool Festival Gardens brownfield scheme
First phase would include 440 homes
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NewsHomes England buys army barracks site for 1,300-home development
Site released as part of government’s new ‘trailblazer’ drive for development on surplus public sector land
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NewsL&G agrees to buy 200 affordable homes from Hill’s Coventry regeneration scheme
Full first phase of development will deliver 991 homes
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NewsPlatform’s development spend falls as contractor insolvencies delay three schemes
50,000-home provider improves operating surpluses and margins
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NewsCrown Estate signs development JV with Lendlease which could deliver 26,000 homes
Six major schemes in London and Birmingham named in deal
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NewsPlatform increases starts again but completions dip
Midlands-based provider eyes 7,500 new homes over the next five years