All articles by Tom Lowe
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NewsHousing starts lag behind completions for sixth consecutive quarter
Pocket chief bemoans ‘disappointing’ results as ONS publishes latest quarterly data
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NewsWandsworth councillors unanimously reject 29-storey Battersea tower
Scheme branded as making a “total mockery” of council’s tall buildings policies
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NewsBuilding Safety Regulator deputy head admits to ‘underestimating’ challenge of new regime for industry
Around 75% of gateway 2 applications for higher risk buildings are still being turned back by the BSR
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NewsGreen light for 300 homes in Melton Mowbray despite removal of affordable element
Scheme designed by Assael Architecture for Birmingham developer Worthearly Ltd
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NewsProposed office scheme altered to include student accommodation and affordable housing
Canada Water scheme will deliver 742 student beds and 75 affordable homes
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NewsDevelopers to boost height of 3,000-home Vauxhall towers scheme after replacing lead architect
Redesign of Vauxhall Square development comes 12 years after Lambeth council approved original proposals
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NewsControversial plans for 110-home Battersea tower recommended for refusal
Farrells’ 28-storey proposals for the 1 Battersea Bridge Road site viewed from Chelsea
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NewsWates and Havering council submit plans for 481-home regeneration of east London estate
Collado Collins-designed scheme the latest in £1.2bn plan to build 3,500 homes in borough
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NewsManchester approves 452 apartments in UK’s tallest tower outside London
Committee approves three residential high rises in addition to 76-storey Viadux 2 tower
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NewsPlans under development for 925-home Canary Wharf tower
Proposals for 77 Marsh Wall site to include mixed-use podium
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In FocusWhy most new homes are still being built to old standards
Almost two in three new homes are still being built to regulations that applied in 2013, over a year and a half after the end of the transition period for the new part L and other requirements. How has the government got its projections so wrong? Tom Lowe reports
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NewsKhan calls in rejected student housing scheme in Paddington
London mayor intervenes, saying 600-bed scheme would make “significant contribution” to capital’s student accommodation targets
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NewsGreen light for Berkeley’s 900-home Elephant & Castle tower scheme
Four-block Borough Triangle plans survive flood of objections from locals and opposition from Historic England
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NewsNPPF changes will result in 1.3 million homes built by the end of the parliament, OBR forecasts
Housebuilding to exceed 300,000 homes a year by 2029/30, excluding impact of forthcoming Affordable Homes Programme
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NewsWates Residential and Harrow council submit plans for 1,000 homes on former civic centre site
Sheppard Robson-designed scheme replaces former plans rejected in 2022
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NewsPlanning inspector refuses ‘monolithic slab’ Stratford tower at appeal
34-storey student housing scheme criticised for breaching local plan policy on tall buildings
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NewsLGA hits back at plans to curtail role of planning committees in approving development
Legislation introduced yesterday would put more decisions in the hands of planning officers
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NewsFormer Liverpool mayor and former council regeneration chief charged with bribery
Merseyside Police names 12 people charged following investigation into awarding of council contracts
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NewsThird tower added to Manchester mixed-use scheme plan in viability redesign
Homes doubled to 800 as developer admits the ”financial landscape has shifted significantly”