Housing News – Page 326
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NewsTaylor Wimpey merger will mean fewer homes
Housebuilders are consolidating to remain profitable in the face of restrictive planning policy. The end result - fewer homes in the areas where they are needed most, says the House Builders Alliance's strategic policy adviser.
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NewsSpeculation mounts over Persimmon bid for Taylor Woodrow
City approves of proposed Taylor Wimpey merger but analyst anticpate rival offer
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NewsTaylor Wimpey merger creates UK's biggest housebuilder
UK housing completions of about 22,000 will see combined company oust Barratt as Britain's largest housebuilder
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NewsBrown plans to extend the powers of RDAs
Chancellor and his key advisers aim to give agencies a say in planning and house funding
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NewsPlanning reform ‘on course’ despite delay
Michael Ankers, the chief executive of the Construction Products Association (CPA), has played down fears that the planning white paper will lead to a watering down of reform.
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NewsNick Keable on recognising one’s own elbow
Labour’s record of planning reform is a tale of ineffectual confusion. And now it’s just got worse
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NewsDevelopers paying over odds for sites, says report
Overbidding for sites is common in London, according to a report on the capital’s development industry.
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NewsHeart and Seoul: Rogers scheme in South Korea
Richard Rogers, with Samoo Architects & Engineers, has designed this £766m mixed-use scheme in Seoul, South Korea.
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NewsIt looks sturdy enough ...
WSP has been appointed structural engineer on the Rem Koolhaas-designed 52-storey “Jenga” tower in Jersey City, US.
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Developer serves EP with £9m writ
English Partnerships (EP) and Tees Valley Regeneration are being sued for £9m in a dispute over a £200m scheme at Middlesbrough Dock.
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NewsImage: Koolhaas reveals design for Singapore skyscraper
Rem Koolhaas' stunning first building in Singapore is will be 153m high
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NewsBrown presses on with planning tax
Chancellor says 70% of revenue derived from planning gain supplement will go to local authorities
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NewsRouse leaves Housing Corporation to head up Croydon
Jon Rouse will leave housing body in the summer to become one of the youngest council chief executives in the country
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NewsJoint venture to provide 870 HIPs assessors
www.energy-assessors.com claims it can provide a third of the domestic energy assessments required by Home Information Packs
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Home Builders Fenderation's last call to scrap planning gain supplement
Smaller developers will not be squeezed out of the market say HBF
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News‘Urban village’ to be built on former military training site
John McAslan to oversee conversion of Woolwich listed buildings and construction of new-build
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NewsPathfinders fight for funding
Report shows programme has attracted developers in areas that had been avoided for decades
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Crest Nicholson goes private
Crest Nicholson announced it would be taken private last week after it accepted a £715m offer from the Castle Bidco consortium led by HBOS and Sir Tom Hunter, the Scottish entrepreneur.
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NewsPlanning applications: February 2007
The South-east has the most projects at planning stage and Tees Valley Regeneration tops the clients’ chart
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Small housebuilders gain brownfield portfolios
Small to medium housebuilders are putting up more homes on brownfield sites, says a survey by a development finance house.