All housing design articles
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NewsCouncils more able to refuse schemes on design grounds under new NPPF
Study shows inspectors are now backing council refusals at planning appeals
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New Homes Quality Board should include architects, says former RIBA president
Ben Derbyshire slams ‘inexplicable’ lack of architectural expertise on new board to police house building industry
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Blueprint reveals designs for Trent Basin scheme
Application for phase 4-8 of the Nottingham city project includes 111 homes
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PRP appointed to draw up Canal Quarter masterplan for Lancaster
Architect appointed to design revamp for 16-acre site with housing and other uses
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Housing minister turns down 1,000-home Woking scheme
Plans latest to be refused on design grounds follow Westferry and Brighton Marina decisions
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Government appoints resi developer as new chief architect
The MD of Solid Space and former head of urban design at Cabe to replace Andy von Bradsky
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Gove turns down 1,000-home Brighton Marina plan
Housing secretary refuses Squire & Partners-designed scheme on design grounds
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Star architect Norman Foster to build homes in Chile
Factory in Santiago will be centre of mixed-use timber scheme
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Prince’s Foundation chief executive steps down temporarily amid honours row
Sunday papers report Michael Fawcett accused of offering to help Saudi donor receive an honour
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New housing design tsar criticised for support for PD
Beauty advocate Nicholas Boys Smith accused of piloting “Trojan horse” for planning deregulation
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Homes England announces plan for new development standards
Body has drafted in the BRE and Design Council to help it draw up ’strategic framework’
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Government starts search for new head of architecture
Role paying £63,000 will embed design quality in housing and oversee planning deregulation
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Housing recognised in Queen’s Birthday Honours
Recipients include Claire Higgins and Peter Barber
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Hunt for new government architecture boss to start this week
Former head Andy von Bradsky says government now convinced of importance of architects
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City councils among pilots for new local design codes
Test programme is part of government’s push to force developers to build beautifully
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Stewart Milne unveils new ‘post-pandemic’ house types
Aberdeen-based housebuilder says designs will bring in revenue of £550m
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Newham grants permission for 65 Passivhaus council homes
Scheme designed by Levitt Bernstein with small windows to reduce overheating
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Team led by Prior & Partners wins £8bn Thamesmead masterplan job
Successful line-up includes microbusinesses as well as Arup, Alison Brooks and Turner Works
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Senior Homes England figure quits to run design charity Public Practice
Departure of Pooja Agrawal follows appointment of charity’s current boss as Malmo city architect
