All articles by David Blackman – Page 24
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NewsHousing bosses plan zero-carbon timetable
Construction Products Association and HBF team up to unveil a 120-month timetable to achieve carbon emission-free homes
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PFI social housing schemes put under the microscope
Treasury is concerned that new-build projects cost more than traditional grant-funded housing
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NewsCallcutt departs EP to join sustainability taskforce
Former Crest Nicholson boss leaves regeneration agency to advise housebuilders on going green
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NewsFirst Base raises £250m for mixed-tenure flats
Developer First Base has secured £250m of funding for four projects containing a total of 900 units.
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NewsFirst Base raises £250m for mixed-tenure flats
Developer secures funding for 900 units from Morgan Stanley and Uberior
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EP selects four sites for first time buyers
English Partnership has bought 250 homes off major developers to pilot its first time buyer initiative scheme
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NewsJohn Callcutt to head up green taskforce
Ruth Kelly appoints EP boss to champion government's package of green measures to the housebuilding industry
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NewsLend Lease tipped to win Olympic village
Australian-led consortium looks set to beat Bouygues to develop the athletes village
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NewsLend Lease tipped to win Olympic village
A Lend Lease team looks set to pip Bouygues in the race to develop the Olympic village
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Industry hails Brown and Barker’s new deal for developers
Zero carbon homes by 2010Tony Blair to lead planning taskforcePlanning gain supplement delayed
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FeaturesTypical. You wait years for a report setting out government policy on vital areas like housing and transport and then three come at once …
Ahead of Gordon Brown’s pre-Budget report on Wednesday, the government released a series of weighty tomes on policy strategy. Here David Blackman and Mark Leftly provide an at-a-glance guide to them
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NewsOfficials advise firms how to avoid planning gain levy
Communities Department civil servants tell developers and councils to fast-track schemes
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Housebuilders slam planners for delays
HBF survey shows councils take an average of 248 days to approve applications, three times longer than government targets
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NewsIkea unveils first housing designs for the UK
Furniture company’s prefabricated apartments to be piloted at a scheme in northern England
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NewsIkea unveils first housing designs for the UK
Furniture company’s prefabricated apartments to be piloted at a scheme in northern England
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NewsGovernment pledges more family homes in Thames Gateway
Ruth Kelly and Ken Livingstone join forces at Thames Gateway Forum promising to ramp up provision of family homes
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NewsODA forced to renegotiate at Stratford
Developers vying for Stratford City have demanded new deal after claiming proposals are 'unrealistic'
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NewsODA forced to renegotiate at Stratford
The Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) has been forced to renegotiate the contract to develop Stratford City after the two teams competing for the deal claimed the proposals were “unrealistic”.
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FeaturesEastern promise
We all know London will benefit from the 2012 Games, but the ripple effect is expected to reach miles out towards the east. David Blackman looks at the possibilities for this neglected area known as the Thames Gateway
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NewsOutgoing Barratt chief calls for planning ‘amnesty’
Planners must be able to focus on new developments to increase housing supply, says Pretty