All Policy articles – Page 57
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Bidding opens for £150m First Homes pilot
Housebuilders urged to take part in 1,500-home project to test home ownership scheme
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Office for Place is ‘not Cabe 2’ says government design advisor
Chair of board setting up new body says it is set to take role accrediting new local design codes
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How are lenders responding to the government’s EWS1 form announcement?
The government announced last month that EWS1 forms should no longer be required on smaller blocks. But as Carl Brown finds out, there is a wide variety and confusion in lenders’ planned approach
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Mortgage lenders need more information before changing EWS1 approach
Most lenders and valuers continue to require assessments on blocks below 18m despite government announcement
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Shared ownership grant rate to increase following delivery concern
Move being made to ensure housing associations have appetite to deliver new homes
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Modular housebuilder launches with plan for 1,000 homes a year
Steel frame offsite builder CoreHaus set up by partnership between Fusion21 and North-east developer
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Four out of five high street properties ripe for resi conversion
Controversial permitted development conversion rights and new fire safety tests for high rises have come in to force
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Jenrick to tighten planning guidance around flood risk
Housing secretary says plans opposed by Environment Agency will be called in for determination
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MPs call for halt to roll out of new PD right
Select committee says wide-ranging new resi conversion right should not be introduced until review undertaken
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High rise levy to hit up to 14,000 new homes a year
Ministry to exempt affordable housing from Building Safety Levy but admits charge might knock completions
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All our Building Safety Bill coverage in one place
All of our Building Safety Bill news, opinion and analysis in one place
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EWS1 forms scrapped for buildings below 18m in height
Government and mortgage lenders back changes after research finds ‘no systemic risk of fire’ in smaller blocks
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Liverpool stripped of world heritage status for 'overdevelopment'
Decision confirmed after 10 years of threats
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Planning reform ‘missed opportunity’ to tackle climate change
Nation’s net zero target should be enshrined in new NPPF, says Green Building Council
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What role can housing play in Building Back Britain? An interview with Terrie Alafat
Terrie Alafat is heading up a new commission that seeks to put housing at the heart of Britain’s post covid-19 recovery. Here, she explains why she is confident it will be more than just another talking shop
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Government drops one million-home Ox-Cam Arc target
Housing minister says plan for one million homes by 2050 ‘not government policy’
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UK’s first hydrogen-fuelled demonstration homes opened
Two homes fuelled entirely by hydrogen will be showcased to public as part of government-backed project
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Labour introduces ‘use it or lose it’ planning bill
Proposed legislation is designed to put pressure on government over planning reforms
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Face masks to be retained on sites after restrictions ease
New official site operating procedures say face coverings should still be worn in enclosed areas
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For-profit registered providers ‘could deliver 130,000 new homes in five years’
Research by Savills finds for-profits could invest £23bn in homes by 2026