Tom Lowe
NewsTide gets planning approval for 412-home student housing scheme in Ealing
Plans for 16-storey block approved after height reduction
NewsHigh Court allows legal challenge to Gove’s energy efficiency policy
Judicial review to look into government’s attempt to stop councils setting stricter rules for housing than national standards
NewsRevised plans for 578-bed Manchester student tower sent in following public consultation
36-storey scheme will include nearly 600 bedrooms
NewsDeveloper team planning Liverpool mixed-use tower cluster after purchase of site with 1,200-home permission
New developers want to be ‘more ambitious’ than approved plans
NewsAbolition of multiple dwellings tax relief costs Unite Students £67m
Multiple dwellings relief scrapped by Jeremy Hunt in last month’s Spring Budget
NewsBallymore revives plans for 1,600-home Newham neighbourhood
Developer adds co-living homes after criticism from Sadiq Khan over affordable housing shortfall in original 2021 proposal
NewsMcLaren signs development deal for £1.1bn York Central scheme
Agreement with Homes England and Network Rail to see construction of 2,500 homes and along with office and retail space
NewsSecond staircase design guidance will still result in delays to schemes, warns HBF
Ambiguity in newly-published documents means schemes will still be “impossible” to sign off, say housebuilders
NewsVistry and Hill win places on £800m Sovereign Network Group framework
Firms also chasing spots on six-year residential construction deal
NewsPlans in for 623-bed north London student housing scheme
Costorphine & Wright-designed project will rise to nine storeys
NewsHouse prices increased slightly in December
Average cost of a UK home increased by 0.1% in the last month of 2023
NewsDevelopment partners sought for £1.5bn mixed-use framework
Barking and Dagenham’s development firm Be First looking for developers to build 3,500 homes over next four years
NewsPlanning departments not ready for biodiversity net gain rules, warns BPF
Property investors want long-term funding approach so councils can handle new planning condition coming into force next week
NewsBirmingham approves 33-storey Urban Vision build-to-rent tower
Plans replace scrapped scheme that would have been almost twice as high
NewsStudent housing starts up 40% in regional cities, says Deloitte
Regional crane survey finds 8,200 student bedrooms under construction in 2023
News£1.5bn Richmond scheme approved for the third time after second staircase changes
Third redesign for controversial 1,068-home plans hoping for GLA sign-off after council gives approval
NewsBRE recommends shake up of EPC ratings to encourage retrofit work
Advisor wants shelf life of certificates halved and metrics reformed to more accurately reflect the performance of buildings
NewsStockport town centre plans could see 1,200 homes built under grade II*-listed viaduct
Scheme brought forward by JV of Homes England, Muse and L&G
NewsGreen light for 450 homes in new 40-storey Sheffield tower
Co-living scheme to replace mid-century former Primark at prominent city-centre corner plot
NewsPrivate housing output drops faster than any other construction sector
Bad weather deepens construction’s output slump