All articles by Tom Lowe – Page 9
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Cost of decarbonising all UK homes could run to £330bn
Research from Savills says government interventions do not go far enough to persuade homeowners to carry out the work
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Gove: planning reforms were ‘mischaracterised’
Housing secretary pledges to make ‘compelling’ proposals more effective
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Government to announce nearly £2bn for housing on brownfield sites
Sunak to also “re-confirm” £11.5bn Affordable Homes Programme
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Housing associations launch £4bn modular housing framework
Group of 23 social landlords wants to build 10,000 homes by 2023
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Eight key takeaways from the Heat and Buildings Strategy
Hydrogen shelved, potential mandatory EPC targets for mortgage lenders and could new homes be cut off from the gas grid? Here’s our round-up of key points from the Heat and Buildings strategy
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Heat pump grant for homeowners centrepiece of long-awaited heat and buildings strategy
Plans for £5k grant outlined in strategy to decarbonise 30m existing homes and commercial buildings
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Second big Isle of Dogs scheme given the green light
CZWG-designed cluster of blocks could provide up to 2,000 homes
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Converting vacant Yorkshire mills could deliver 9,000 homes
Historic England says the 237 unused mills in the region could be repurposed into housing
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Canary Wharf Group wins permission for 65-storey Isle of Dogs scheme
Seven-block development features towers up to 225m in height
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Contractors put on notice for £750m retrofit framework
Four-year Fusion21 deal to include £500m of work to decarbonise existing homes
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Grenfell cladding compliance was responsibility of others, manufacturer tells inquiry
Cladding manufacturer said project team working on the tower’s refurbishment had failed to analyse the regulatory regime
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RICS leadership quits after governance scandal
Chief executive, president, governing council chair and management board chair step down as review published
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External walls of Grenfell should have been checked in fire safety assessment, inquiry hears
Fire consultant Barbara Lane contradicts earlier evidence given by expert witness Colin Todd
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Bromford Group launches £50m offsite framework
Bromford plans to build hundreds of offsite homes over the next four years
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Green light for Bellway and Riverside’s redevelopment of Camberwell housing estate
Number of homes at Geoffrey Close Estate to increase from 134 to 441
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Material prices shot up nearly 5% in July
Product costs now up more than 20% on last year, according to official figures
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Urbanest’s 48-storey Canary Wharf tower scheme approved
Apt’s three-block development could become the largest passivhaus scheme in Europe
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Ministers mull plan to offer £7,000 grants for heat pumps
Ministers looking at quadrupling funding for existing Clean Heats Grants scheme and extending it by a year
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In Focus
Liverpool defends its status as a city of sensitive regeneration – but Unesco begs to differ
A badge of honour or a certificate not worth the trouble? Liverpool’s loss of its world heritage status has opened a debate about the purpose and value of the designation
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Buyer enquiries fall for the first time since February
RICS report uncovers sales drop as stamp duty holiday winds down