All Housing Delivery articles – Page 24
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NewsPlans submitted for 35-storey tower in Leeds
Proposal to deliver 1,100-unit student accommodation block tower and refurbish1 960s Merrion Centre office block
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NewsGovernment should create ‘flying squad’ of viability experts for section 106 deals, report says
Centre for London report says viability experts are needed in complex s106 negotiations
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NewsPercentage of major planning applications decided within statutory 13-week period increases
Almost 90% of applications were decided within 13 weeks or the agreed time, Government planning data finds
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NewsBerkeley halts investment in new development due to planning and regulation concerns
Housebuilder to focus instead on “financial strength” in “volatile and unsupportive” operating environment
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CommentWhy do we keep missing the government’s housing delivery target?
The housing market is not dysfunctional, it is the planning system that is holding back development, writes Paul Smith
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NewsPlans submitted for 1,400 new homes in Coventry city centre regeneration project
Hill Group and Shearer Property Group are the development partners for the first two phases of the £450m council-backed project
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NewsWelsh developer Anwyl Homes submits plans as part of 840-home development in Merseyside
The North Wales developer has put forward proposals to build 249 homes in two initial phases
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NewsShared ownership still considered too ‘niche’ and ‘unpredictable’, MPs hear
Shared ownership needs to be made predictable to secure more buyers and lenders, say witnesses giving evidence to a backbench committee’s inquiry into shared ownership
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NewsDevon council to push ahead with plans to build 8,000-home new zero-carbon town
East Devon District councillors agree to proceed with new town in bid to meet housing targets in emerging local plan
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NewsPeabody to sell off 500 DIY shared ownership homes in the new year
Legal & General understood to be interested in acquiring the homes
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NewsNotting Hill Genesis hires NHS Property Services executive as CFO
Mark Smith to join 66,000-home association in April
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NewsNew developer chosen for Wolverhampton canal site after L&G closure
Birmingham-based developer Wavensmere Homes will replace L&G Modular on project to transform a 17-acre brownfield site which was formerly a foundry and steelworks
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NewsMcLaren Living plans to build 300 build-to-rent homes on police station site
The developer has bought a 1.7acre-site in Watford Hertfordshire
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NewsHousing Forum calls on government to scrap planning validation checklists
Validation checklists “not working well” and should be replaced with simpler planning statement system, says housing membership body
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CommentDeliberate landbanking by housebuilders is a myth
The suggestion that housebuilders deliberately landbank is, to put it bluntly, poppycock
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NewsStonewater’s surplus decreases 43% as shared ownership staircasing sales dip
The 36,000-home housing association reports lower sales revenue and increased repair costs
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NewsBrentwood council gives green light to 3,700-home garden village scheme
Dunton Hills site is a strategic housing allocation in the emerging local plan
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NewsNottingham City Council issues section 114 notice over £23m black hole in budget
Nottingham also issued an s114 two years ago when it unlawfully used HRA funds to support council finances
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NewsMore than 212,000 new homes built last year, annual housing supply figures show
Official figures show government still a long way off meeting 300,000-home manifesto pledge
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NewsIncreased costs of new shared ownership model could hit viability, housing associations warn
Housing associations warn financial sustainability of shared ownership needs to be monitored following changes introduced by the government