All development articles
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News‘Revival of council housing should not threaten RPs’ delivery’, says Pennycook
Housing minister seeks to reassure housing associations as he says Burnham ‘unashamedly in favour’ of rebalancing delivery to get ‘councils back in the game’
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In FocusReform UK conference: Farage scandal overshadows radical planning proposals
An undercover Channel 4 investigation forced two senior Reform UK figures to resign during the party’s Birmingham conference, deepening questions about its electoral prospects. But the party’s radical brownfield planning proposals still have significant appeal in the housing development and construction sectors
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CommentThose who accuse housebuilders of landbanking misunderstand how development works
The idea that developers routinely profit from withholding consented land is wrong and diverts political energy from the structural reforms needed to boost delivery, writes Huseyin Huseyin
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CommentAmbitious new housing developments are nothing without the infrastructure to support them
Infrastructure must stop being viewed as a secondary consideration, argues Tom O’Brien
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In FocusHow £10bn-turnover Czech giant Penta is using housing JVs to gain a foothold in the London market
Housing Today flies to Prague to speak to Marek Dospiva, co-founder of one of central Europe’s biggest companies, which has recently signed two JV deals for housing schemes with Ballymore in London and is eyeing further deals
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NewsMTVH completes record 1,300 homes in 2025/26
G15 landlord more than doubles delivery after slump the previous year
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NewsClarion on track to hit 3,000 homes-a-year target ‘within three to four years’
G15 landlord started its highest number of homes last year since its formation through merger in 2016
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NewsMayor of London and MHCLG to press ahead with new town plan despite Enfield Council withdrawal
Mayor and MHCLG both understood to be looking at range of delivery options for 21,000-home project which is listed in government’s New Towns programme
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CommentWe must tackle the tax and regulatory burdens on developers to boost housebuilding in London
Building new homes reduces housing costs, boosts productivity and generates jobs. We should let housebuilders get on and build, writes Chris Weaton
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CommentNew partnership models: We now need to move from ‘optioneering’ to actual delivery of new homes
The last year has seen much discussion about investment partnerships between public and private sector organisations - this should soon translate into new projects, writes Richard Jones
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NewsL&Q confirms drop in completions as it increases spend on existing stock
Housing association giant posts lowest figures for more than a decade
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In FocusKey talking points from CIH Housing Brighton 2026
What does the UK’s shifting political landscape mean for housing? How is the Iran war likely to impact delivery? How is the sector tackling the skills crisis and stigma of residents and how should providers respond to new regulations and standards? Carl Brown and Alex Funk round up the ...
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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