All articles by David Blackman – Page 29
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NewsBids for social housing grant fail to impress
The Housing Corporation has only allocated two-thirds of the money available under its pilot programme for developers because many of the bids were not good enough.
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NewsMilton Keynes growth area makes vital breakthrough
East Northamptonshire council approves Bee Bee Developments’ application for 395 ha scheme in Corby
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Industry attacks Brown’s plans for housebuilding
Planning gain supplement is attacked as ‘unworkable’, while PPS3 revives controversy over council powers
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Archive TitlesWhat do the numbers mean?
If you’re one of the finalists in this supplement, you’ll know that these are the numbers that count when it comes to regenerating Britain. So what do they all mean?
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Report backs roof tax to pay for Milton Keynes rail link
Levy imposed on developers could fund the £200m construction of a Milton Keynes-to-Oxford rail line
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NewsMayor offers to trade affordability for ecology
In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, London mayor prepares to adopt a more flexible approach to housing criteria
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NewsTaskforce lays into ‘cheap’,‘thoughtless’ Gateway plans
The government’s Thames Gateway policy comes under the lash as Rogers’ urban taskforce lists alleged failures and urges Prescott to attach more importance to good design and sustainable communities
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NewsToxic chemicals halt Birmingham schemes
Regeneration schemes in Birmingham are facing delays caused by a toxic chemicals store, writes David Blackman.
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Prescott refuses consent for Cliveden housing plan
ODPM snubs Countryside’s plans to build 191 houses in grounds of stately home, famous for Profumo affair
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Tribal scraps sustainable communities arm
Property consultant winds down ‘unnecessary’ subsidiary Tribal Urban Futures only six months after launch
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NewsLiverpool’s housing recovery ‘fuelled by speculation’
Housing market renewal pathfinder produces analysis of property sales that casts doubt on how healthy market is
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NewsNorth-west scraps housing squeeze
Planners in the North-west have scrapped a curb on housebuilding that has been stalling many developments.
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Archive TitlesLegless in Leeds
Later this month new licensing laws will come into force that will allow bars to open longer. Great news for them, but what will it do for regeneration? Our reporter went to the UK’s first 24-hour city, Leeds, to ask a few of the regulars. Photographs by Tim Foster
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NewsPrescott faces legal fight over green belt
Hertfordshire council is preparing to mount a High Court challenge to John Prescott's plans to extend Stevenage into the green belt.
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Treasury agrees to £20,000 ‘roof tax’
The Treasury has approved plans for a £20,000 “roof tax” on each new home in Milton Keynes.
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NewsCABE to settle density row at summit next month
Proposal to impose minimum housing densities threatens to split design watchdog as landmark report is finalised
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NewsRICS slams ODPM’s 20% planning gain tax
Ministers hope their proposed planning gain supplement, which has been given a roasting by a RICS report, will capture about one-fifth of the uplift in value generated by development.
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NewsSenior official quits Planning Inspectorate
The Planning Inspectorate has been hit by a fresh blow after the resignation of the official responsible for operations across the south of England’s growth areas.
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NewsBerkeley and Crest Nicholson vie for £850m estate revamp
Hackney council to make final decision next month over who will regenerate Woodberry Down estate
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NewsTreasury takes second look at policy on new-build VAT
Government under strong pressure from greenfield campaigners to withdraw tax exemption on new-build