All Housing articles
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News
Persimmon spent £60m on building safety remediation last year
Housebuilder has now spent £120m on safety works with 30% of remediation jobs still yet to start
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Developer rethinks Canada Water scheme amid London office market slump
Plans for 26-storey tower and neighbouring block switched to student accomodation and housing
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Features
‘Frankly, what’s the alternative?’ Turley’s Stephen Bell applauds the government’s planning vision
The chief executive of one of the UK’s largest planning consultants speaks to Tom Lowe about the implications of Labour’s final revisions to the National Planning Policy Framework and what needs to be done to achieve 1.5 million homes by the end of this parliament
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Comment
Sexual harassment at work: employers’ new duties
Ashley Scriven explains changes in the employer’s duty to protect employees from sexual harassment
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Comment
Act now and make the new year a time of real change
Bold leadership, greater diversity, a circular approach and a focus on cracking the housing crisis are on my wishlist for 2025, writes Ellie Jenkins of Akerlof
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The new NPPF: the time for waiting is over
There is much to like in the updated planning guidance but ministers should demand that new housing targets are delivered sooner rather than later, writes Paul Smith
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NPPF: Government drops 50% affordable housing requirement for grey belt sites
Labour yields to key housebuilder ask as it launches NPPF with 370,000-home mandatory housing target
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Vistry and London Legacy Development Corporation launch Stratford housing joint venture
Pudding Mill Lane 948-home development will be 45% affordable
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Former boss of Wates Residential to return in regional role after collapse of business venture
Paul Nicholls named new London regional lead a year after firm which he left to set up went into liquidation
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Comment
How can we make Henry Ford-style housebuilding work?
Nick Pinder, Mariya Rankin and Magdalena Prus explore the contractual and regulatory implications of a cookie-cutter approach to housebuilding
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Government commits to fixing cladding on high-rises by end of 2029
Nearly 30 developers commit to doubling speed of remediation
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In pictures: Phones 4u founder tops out £2bn luxury Mayfair housing development
Mace construction manager on scheme featuring homes with prices starting at £35m
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Taylor Wimpey recruits former Marshalls boss to its board
Martyn Coffey set to join as Humphrey Singer stands down
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Comment
John Prescott’s impact on the built environment should never be forgotten
Former English Partnerships chair and crossbench peer Margaret Ford pays tribute to the the former deputy prime minister, who died last week
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Decision to scrap government design advisor Office for Place a ‘mistake’, says Nicholas Boys Smith
Body’s interim chair said move risks ministers “marking their own homework” on housing design
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Rayner intervenes over 8,400-home scheme in Kent opposed by local council
Planning officers had recommended refusal for Milton Studio-designed scheme due to “urbanising impact”
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Features
How worried should the industry be about Vistry?
Housebuilding industry poster-child Vistry has been charting an aggressive growth course despite a tricky market over the last two years. Joey Gardiner asks why it has now lost half its value after two profit warnings in two months
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Decision on London towers scheme handed demolition order expected by end of next month
Comer Homes’ 200-home site in Woolwich handed enforcement notice last year after breaching planning permission
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Plans submitted to redevelop 1960s tower evacuated due to safety concerns
HTA Design and housing association Clarion proposing to replace local east London landmark with 23-storey tower
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Plans submitted for 1,200-home Birmingham tower scheme
Simpson Haugh-designed scheme to include buildings up to 49 storeys