All articles by Tom Lowe – Page 3
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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”
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NewsPlans for student housing scheme above Southwark tube station approved
Original office plan swapped for student accommodation because of falling demand for workspace
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In FocusHow closely has the government adhered to the Grenfell Inquiry’s recommendations?
While Angela Rayner has promised to ‘take forward’ all of the recommendations, not all appear to have been adopted to the letter. Daniel Gayne and Tom Lowe analyse the wiggle room the government has given itself over some of the key measures
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NewsHeat pumps should be installed in half of homes by 2040, says Climate Change Commitee
Advisory body’s latest report sets out progress needed to stay on track with net zero targets