All Housing Delivery articles – Page 39
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NewsResidential permissions fall to lowest level on record
Major applications permitted in 2022 fell by more than 8% according to official data
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NewsL&Q names contractors for £3bn upgrade framework
Ten contractors picked to carry out 15 years of work to improve social landlord’s homes
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NewsNow Gove tears into Grenfell firm Arconic and tells US company’s boss: ‘You will pay up’
Housing secretary fires off letter to another products firm involved in 2017 tragedy
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NewsGalliford Try and Midgard win 350-home build-to-rent contract in north London
Development is part of 7,000-home scheme
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NewsHousing 21 and Extra Care Charitable Trust in merger talks
Major later living provider Housing 21 is in merger talks with smaller care and support provider Extra Care Charitable Trust (ECCT) Birmingham-based Housing 21, which manages 22,000 homes and has turnover of £224m, has announced it is in discussions with ECCT about joining together into a combined group.
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CommentWhy Community Land Trusts are a useful tool for housing delivery
Community-centric development models have a role to play in unlocking development, which is why Aster is working with them, writes Amanda Williams
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NewsMPs launch inquiry into social housing finances and development
Cross-party committee to probe “significant financial pressures” affecting social landlords’ development and maintenance of affordable homes
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NewsHomes England buys site for 1,340-home Slough scheme
Developer Muse will start a consultation with Homes England for the project this summer
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NewsGovernment declines to fix date for Responsible Actors Scheme
Details published of plans to ban housebuilders from trading over cladding repairs - but no timetable for introduction
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NewsBuilding safety chief aims for ‘world-leading’ regulation as watchdog launch nears
Peter Baker says importance of considering fire safety in initial planning ‘has still not fully landed‘ in industry
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NewsHousing starts fell sharply in last quarter of 2022
First government data show starts dropped by nearly 10% in wake of mini Budget
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NewsConstruction bodies call on Gove to lower second staircase threshold to 18m
The RIBA also says all existing blocks above 18m with single staircases should be refurbished with evacuation lifts
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NewsHAs and councils share £1.4bn housing retrofit funding
Government claims 115,000 homes across England will benefit
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NewsWest London development corporation poaches Homes England director
Gareth Blacker will serve as the OPDC’s executive director of delivery
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NewsGovernment’s specialist building safety unit investigating 19 firms
New team set up by DLUHC to pursue firms dragging their heels on building safety work ramps up activity
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In FocusThe story behind the planned ‘largest timber development in UK’
A new East Sussex-based developer is seeking to disrupt the housebuilding sector and create a template for higher density, walkable neighbourhoods, writes Ben Flatman
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NewsCountryside buys 250-plot Coventry site from Henry Boot
Thirty-one acre site forms part of urban extension with outline persimmon for 2,400 homes
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NewsFinancial performance of London’s largest HAs ‘deteriorating’ warns analyst
Some G15 housing associations must monitor debt levels to avoid worsening credit quality, says Morningstar
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NewsFull housing devolution to metro mayors to take until 2026
Homes England set to retain role in both Manchester and West Midlands after devolution, unlike in London
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NewsManchester JV appoints designers for 3,000-home Collyhurst regeneration scheme
Manchester council and the Far East Consortium pick masterplanners for phase within wider Victoria North programme