Housing News – Page 226
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NewsMothballed £700m Deptford housing scheme on track
Plans for the £700m 3,500-home Convoys Wharf scheme in Deptford, south-east London, which floundered during the downturn, are back on track, as its new developer prepares to submit revised plans this month
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Data planning applications in October
Developer Commercial Estates Group tops the clients list, while Barratt continues to look busy
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NewsRegeneration firm plans to double staff
North-east-based Frank Haslam Milan will increase workforce by 200 over next two years
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NewsDurkan lands £28.5m Hackney homes deal
Contractor to build 207 houses for L&Q by Regents Canal in east London
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NewsHouse prices up 1.2% in October, says Halifax
Index shows fourth monthly increase in a row, reaching 7% higher than April trough
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NewsThames Gateway's Purfleet set for £500m makeover
John Denham announces regeneration scheme to create thousands of new homes and jobs
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Housebuilders in crisis talks to cut regulatory burden
Communities department calls in housing chiefs as cost of regulations “threatens site viability”
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Tories pledge ‘swifter’ planning
Bob Neill, the shadow planning minister, has signalled that there would be a “presumption in favour of development” on sites that otherwise met planning policy under the Tories
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Johnson publishes plan for 16,000 Battersea homes
Boris Johnson has published a planning framework for Nine Elms in London which could provide up to 16,000 homes, 25,000 jobs and transport links over the next two decades
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NewsNot a pink elephant in sight
The £2.4bn regeneration of the Aylesbury estate at Elephant and Castle in Southwark, south London, has been the given the thumbs-up by the government’s planning inspector following an examination in public last month
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Two become one
Can the Tories find a way of merging the two housing agencies as well as maintaining an efficient service
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Housing Stats: New build sales and completions in September 2009
Private registrations were up from last year, while the South-east topped the regional poll
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News91 Kickstart schemes approved
£207m will now be allocated to 6,618 new and affordable homes, with £241m available for 5,144 that have conditional approval
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NewsHomebuyer loans hit 18-month high in September
New Bank of England figures show loans for house purchase rose 6% last month
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NewsJohnson reveals plans to regenerate Nine Elms
Mayor says planning framwork for 16,000 homes along south bank of the Thames is the 'final piece in the jigsaw' for central London
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GB Building Solutions appointed to housing framework
Contractor wins place on £100m framework for Bedfordshire Pilgrims Housing Association
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NewsPidgley warns housebuilders of more tough times ahead
Berkeley Homes chairman tells industry not to expect any improvement just yet
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NewsSeptember mortgage approvals hit 18-month high
Loans to homebuyers are up 77% on last year but construction and property firms are borrowing less
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NewsHousing starts up 4% in third quarter
While country displays signs of recovery, NHBC receives 24,136 applications to build new homes in the UK from July to September
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Knife-edge politics
Local planning authorities have been hit as hard as anybody and income is still falling. Whether they can bounce back when the upturn comes is up to the government