Tom Lowe
NewsPlans submitted for 1,500-home scheme in north-west London
Hollybrook’s Neasden Goods Yard scheme to contain five blocks of up to 51 storeys in height
NewsDevelopers to be offered ‘premium planning service’ to speed up council decisions
Applicants allowed to pay for guaranteed planning timelines but unclear whether housing developments are included
NewsManchester refuses student housing scheme for the fourth time
Council also approves 250-home housing block in Ancoats
NewsLee Rowley appointed housing minister for the second time
Former construction minister named the 16th housing minister since the Conservatives took power in 2010
NewsBerkeley submits plans for 500 more homes at Woodberry Down estate regeneration
Fourth phase of 5,000-home masterplan to include a 26-storey tower
NewsBerkeley submits plan for at least 3,000 more homes in huge Ealing project
Outline application proposes around 50 new buildings in five new phases
NewsLondon council in search of partner for £500m regeneration scheme
Sutton posts contract notice for 1000-home regeneration of four town centre sites
NewsBerkeley overhauls 1,300-home Oval scheme with second staircase revisions
Developer’s approach includes linking already consented stair cores with corridors
In FocusKey takeaways and talking points from the Labour Party conference
Amid uncertainty around commitments to net zero and infrastructure investment, the opposition set out its stall for the coming election. Daniel Gayne and Thomas Lowe report
NewsStarmer blasts Tory flip-flopping as he pledges to ‘build a new Britain’
Labour leader unveils proposal to “bulldoze” the planning system and build 1.5 million homes as party aims for decade in power
NewsVistry’s pipeline ‘stuck’ due to uncertainty over second staircase design
Housebuilder which announced ambition to build 25,000 homes a year just last month is now pulling “a lot” of schemes from planning
NewsLabour pledges biggest affordable housing boost ‘in a generation’
Party would crack down on developers trying to “wriggle out of their responsibilities”, Angela Rayner says
NewsGreen light for British Land’s revised Canada Water plans
Second staircases added to five-block scheme resulting in the loss of nearly 40 homes
NewsBirmingham approves demolition of Ringway Centre in 1,600-home plan
Corstorphine & Wright-designed plans to replace 1960s landmark with three towers up to 56 storeys
NewsBirmingham council considers tower plan to replace brutalist Ringway centre
Corstorphine & Wright proposals would replace landmark with three blocks up to 56 storeys in height
NewsStonewater looking to replace collapsed Ilke Homes on delayed Herefordshire scheme
“Buildability issues” had forced housing association back to the drawing board on 120-home site
NewsHyde starts search for consultants on £2bn development framework
G15 housing association planning to ramp up development work under new chief executive Andy Hulme
NewsHousing experts rip into Sunak’s net zero U-turns
Fines for landlords who don’t upgrade their properties axed while a fifth of households to be exempt from boiler ban
NewsIndustry dismay over Sunak’s expected net zero U-turn
Government set to roll back pledge to ban new gas boilers by 2030 and set tougher energy efficiency targets for landlords
NewsCouncils sitting on £3bn of developer contributions, report finds
Home Builders Federation research finds local authorities have an average of £8m in their bank accounts from housebuilders