Tom Lowe
NewsRenaker agrees £114m section 106 deal on 2,400-home Manchester tower scheme
Payments to be clawed back through viability assessments on five-tower project
NewsCity Hall signs off Berkeley’s 3,000-home Beckton Riverside scheme
Plan to redevelop former gasworks in Newham was first approved by Newham council last year
In FocusReform UK conference: Farage scandal overshadows radical planning proposals
An undercover Channel 4 investigation forced two senior Reform UK figures to resign during the party’s Birmingham conference, deepening questions about its electoral prospects. But the party’s radical brownfield planning proposals still have significant appeal in the housing development and construction sectors
NewsReform UK unveils plans to cut affordable housing requirements to 5% on brownfield land
Party also wants to scrap BNG requirements, landfill tax, Section 106 payments and most building standards on brownfield housing schemes
NewsHand Network Rail land to metro mayors to speed up housing delivery around train stations, think tank tells government
Centre for Cities said matching housing density around stations seen in France and Japan could reduce UK’s housing shortage by 25%
NewsGary Neville’s developer resubmits plans for rejected residential towers in Manchester
Build-to-rent scheme to contain 723 homes with 50 classed as affordable
NewsCouncil approves revised plans for residential towers on fire-hit Reading masterplan
Third phase of scheme next to Reading station to include around 600 homes
NewsInvestor Henley’s 78-storey Salford tower scheme forced to return to committee after conflict ruling
Plans for UK’s tallest tower outside London were approved last November
NewsArada submits plans for 11-storey student scheme in Peckham
Two-block project to include 516 student beds
NewsPlans submitted for 53-storey Birmingham tower
700-home scheme next to Curzon Street station could be tallest building in the city
NewsArchitect appointed to design first 1,500-home phase of Arada’s Thameside West masterplan
Original 5,000-home masterplan granted approval nearly six years ago
In FocusUK Design Capital of the Year 2026 shortlist: How York is becoming a beacon for heritage revival
York’s example shows how a city with a proud history is using careful regeneration, low-carbon design and brownfield development to prove heritage can be a springboard for renewal
NewsBurnham pledges to end rough sleeping in first speech as PM
New prime minister made similar pledge when elected Manchester mayor in 2017
NewsGovernment to extend judicial review reforms to housing
Six-week consultation launched on plans to cut legal challenges against smaller schemes
NewsCutting red tape on heritage buildings could help unlock 670,000 homes, MPs tell government
Cross-party select committee calls for new heritage-to-housing scheme as current approach is branded ‘deeply complacent’
NewsIndustry welcomes Burnham’s council housing and devolution plans but questions who will pay for it
Firms call for greater recognition of cost they face – including higher taxes implemented by current government
NewsBurnham pledges ‘biggest council housebuilding programme since the post-war period’
Favourite to be PM promises ‘biggest rebalancing of power our country has seen’ as he sets out plans for new Number 10 office in Manchester
NewsGreen light for 620-bed Glasgow student accommodation tower in first phase of £250m development
Scheme deisgned by Michael Laird Architects for developer CXG Glasgow
NewsPlans submitted for 395-home co-living scheme in Southwark
Scheme by HUB and Bridges Fund Management would see 1960s and 1980s buildings refurbished