All Housing articles – Page 219
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NewsHousing stats: Public sector completions rise
Sales and registrations are lower than this time last year, but public sector completions are up
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NewsGovernment wants evidence on 'cash for planning' clause
Controversial clause in Localism Bill voted through by MPs but ministers fear battle in the Lords
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NewsLend Lease to build halted Olympic housing
Contractor given nod to finish Athlete’s Village block stopped after P Elliott administration
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NewsHousebuilding must double to over 200,000 units
Study says 234,000 homes needed each year in England as opposed to the 103,000 built in 2010
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NewsDraft planning framework 'not green enough'
Lobbyists round on “unofficial” national planning framework
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NewsPickles and Prescott go head to head on localism
Eric Pickles, the communities secretary, defended reforms of the planning system after his labour predecessor, Lord Prescott, accused the changes of “dismantling” the institutions needed to ensure housing growth.Speaking as the government’s Localism Bill reached report stage in the House of Commons, Pickles told a specially convened debate to honour ...
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NewsFirst annual Alan Cherry award presented at memorial debate
Transport for London’s David Ubaka received the award
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NewsAthletes' Village builders eye halted P Elliott block
Work on N14 block stopped as Irish contractor placed into administration
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NewsGrainger profits soar on rental growth
Residential landlord close to starting 2,500-home Newlands development
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NewsMJ Gleeson sees sales up 43%
But northern housebuilder says no great improvement in housing market
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NewsConstruction growth strongest for three years
RICS Q1 survey is latest to contradict government figures
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NewsOlympic Village contractor faces winding up petitions
Legal action taken by a number of creditors in the Irish High Court
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NewsHCA's Lunts to join Greater London Authority
HCA executive director for London to be Boris Johnson’s new housing boss
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CommentBreakneck planning changes won't lead to better quality homes
Recent changes to the planning system won’t necessarily deliver the high quality, low energy housing the UK desperately needs
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NewsMears lands new contracts worth £120m
Contract wins since March increase firm’s order book to £2.7bn
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NewsQuintain wins planning for £500m Wembley scheme
Make-designed masterplan is next phase of giant Wembley development
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CommentCredit where it's due
Planning remains a hot topic as the localism/environmental struggle continues, and Building sheds some light on the ONS figures
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NewsBusinesses to make local development plans
The South Bank of the Thames and the centre of Milton Keynes are front runners to pilot a scheme to allow local businesses to draw up official plans to intensify development in their areas.The moves will coincide with government amendments to the Localism Bill to allow businesses to draw up ...
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NewsGalliford Try's Olympic blocks delayed
Firm’s construction work on athlete’s village eight weeks late