All articles by David Blackman – Page 21
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Planning to be abolished for extensions
White paper aims to encourage councils to focus on major projects by removing planning requirements for minor alterations
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Gehry wins Hove seafront planning battle
Ruth Kelly gives controversial scheme the green light depsite fierce local opposition
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Four big ideas
David Blackman looks back on the multibillion-pound initiatives that defined the era
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Quality standards should apply to section 106 funded schemes Housing Corporation told
Commission on Thames Gateway housing recommends 75% reduction to 'waivers' for planning gain financed schemes
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Treasury ponders return of new town corporations
Taskforce will work up proposals that may include post-war-style development bodies
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Treasury ponders return of new town corporations
Taskforce will work up proposals that may include post-war-style development bodies
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HBF chairman hits out at councils’ land rationing
Stewart Baseley says local authorities have used the drive for higher density to cut land supply
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St Modwen beats Wimpy/Persimmon consortium to develop Welsh village
Derelict 400 ha oil refinery site will become a 4000 home urban village over 20 years
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Barratt and Taylor Woodrow win fight for urban village
Consortium wins permission to build 1,200 homes in Cheshire after a 10-year battle
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Red tape threatens to stifle development, says NFB
Mounting red tape threatens to drive out small and medium firms, federation tells Callcutt review
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Barratt and Taylor Woodrow win fight for urban village
Consortium wins permission to build 1,200 homes in Cheshire after a 10-year battle
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Barratt to close nine divisions and cut 400 jobs
Housebuilder follows £2.2bn acquisition of Wilson Bowden with round of office closures
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Housing chickens are coming home to roost
Big changes are afoot in the housing market in the next month so we'd better hold on tight
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HBF recruits David Pretty
Former Barratt boss to chair lobby group that champions the needs of first-time home buyers
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Cooper voices concern over housebuilding mergers
As government raises fears, speculation grows that Persimmon will hijack Taylor Wimpey deal
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Gateway commission boss slams private housebuilders
Housing Corporation adviser Tim Williams attacks supply and design quality of new homes
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NHBC: Green regulation will mean less living space
Renewable technologies will create homes with larger footprints or smaller living space
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Plan floated to axe public inquiries
The government is considering axing public inquiries for major infrastructure projects such as nuclear power stations and airports as part of its revamp of the planning system.
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Gateway design crackdown
Housing Corporation threatens to cut grants if higher standards are not met in Thames Gateway
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Housing Corporation in funding shake-up
Developers to get funding over three years for the first time