All Building articles in Archive Titles – Page 638
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History repeating
“Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it.” – George Santayana.
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What are we here for?
The academy for sustainable communities was prophesied by lord rogers, invoked by sir john egan, and fathered by john prescott. Now it’s finally arrived. Josephine Smit met Chris Murray, its first chief executive, and grilled him on what it will actually do.
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Hear my song
Tenants of CDS Housing on Merseyside came together to celebrate cultural diversity and give their opinions of the association’s services on Sunday. Tenants and staff took part in the Face 2 Face event, which included a music workshop and awards for the best neighbours, young people and activists.
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Purple haze
Maverick architect Will Alsop has designed a community arts and events space for Peckham, south London. It was commissioned by Southwark council, Camberwell College of Arts and Chelsea College of Art and Design. Alsop is a visiting professor at the colleges’ parent body, the University of the Arts London, and ...
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Happy marriage
The relationship between the public and private sectors is often uneasy, occasionally unhappy, and always controversial. So how have durham council and developer keepmoat become such contented bedfellows?
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The need for transparent Town halls
No development can take place without the involvement of a council, whether as planning regulator or as partner. In either case, the smooth running of the deals requires that time be taken to understand the council’s decision-making process.
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Game of two halves
Developers have scored the latest in a long line of victories over their public sector rivals in the form of changes to the planning system. So is the result really as one-sided as it looks?
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Four questions for HM treasury
Chancellor Gordon Brown’s speech at the ODPM’s Delivering Sustainable Communities Summit in Manchester last month, raised a few questions among the assembled audience.
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Strawberry fields forever
Young people in Birmingham painted murals on the sides of houses in the Handsworth area of the city on Saturday. Local MPs Khalid Mahmood and Sion Simon unveiled the murals painted as part of the Community Arts Project Initiative, supported by Castle Vale Housing Action Trust. The initiative was set ...
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Right-to-buy sceptic to head up National Housing Federation
Campaigner who helped to change Scottish executive policy to take over in July
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Leaflet row erupts at Salford pathfinder
Salford council and developer Countryside Properties have hit back against a leaflet campaign that suggested they were planning to demolish council homes and replace them with private housing.
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New energy
Mention renewable energy and many in industry think you’re talking about a worthy project that the nanny state wants us to carry out but that doesn’t really make commercial sense. Will Jones finds out if there’s any truth in that
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Gypsies and Travellers on Novas site stuck with no electricity
Residents of a Kent GYPSY AND Traveller site managed by a housing association have been without electricity since Christmas Eve, it emerged this week.
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Talking filth and eating poison
Problem number one with brownfield sites is the strong possibility that the previous owner left all kinds of noxious substances in the soil. Here Gardiner & theobald explains how you should approach the problem, cost the methods – and claim your tax relief
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Grant pilot for private developers has significant loopholes, says sector
The housing management accreditation scheme that non-registered social landlords would be expected to abide by when bidding for social housing grant contains significant loopholes, the sector has warned
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Mother's day
A housing development for teenage mums in Hartlepool has had a makeover.
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NASS cuts ‘may leave thousands homeless’
Support groups fear failed asylum seekers will be left on streets as NASS docks 30,000 beds
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Are market forces snake oil or cure-all for the NHS?
Beyond the sound and fury of the post-Iraq War recriminations, another crucial but largely unrecognised debate rages on.The debate is about whether and how far market forces should drive public sector reform. In the Number 10 bunker they look out on a mixed picture after seven years in power. In ...