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Watkin Jones slashes losses to £300k after turbulent 18 months

Make Architects’ Paddington student accommodation scheme refused for the second time

Persimmon spent £60m on building safety remediation last year

Developer rethinks Canada Water scheme amid London office market slump

‘Frankly, what’s the alternative?’ Turley’s Stephen Bell applauds the government’s planning vision

Sexual harassment at work: employers’ new duties

Act now and make the new year a time of real change

The new NPPF: the time for waiting is over

NPPF: Government drops 50% affordable housing requirement for grey belt sites

Vistry and London Legacy Development Corporation launch Stratford housing joint venture

Former boss of Wates Residential to return in regional role after collapse of business venture

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Government commits to fixing cladding on high-rises by end of 2029

In pictures: Phones 4u founder tops out £2bn luxury Mayfair housing development

Taylor Wimpey recruits former Marshalls boss to its board

John Prescott’s impact on the built environment should never be forgotten

Decision to scrap government design advisor Office for Place a ‘mistake’, says Nicholas Boys Smith

Rayner intervenes over 8,400-home scheme in Kent opposed by local council

How worried should the industry be about Vistry?

Decision on London towers scheme handed demolition order expected by end of next month

Plans submitted to redevelop 1960s tower evacuated due to safety concerns

Plans submitted for 1,200-home Birmingham tower scheme

Chancellor announces £3bn in guarantees for SME housebuilders

Homes England ‘supporting’ TopHat amid wind-down reports

Sutton council picks development partner for 740-home town centre regeneration

Government should create cross-departmental housing delivery unit, says report

Pennycook commits to new consumer code for housebuilders in CMA response

Rayner to be handed nearly £1bn to fund council housing drive, according to reports

PRP’s 600-home Wembley scheme approved

Good placemaking that endures is much more than a numbers game. Just look at King’s Cross…

Plans lodged for 1,500-home regeneration scheme in Woolwich

Proposals for 48-storey student tower in Birmingham sent in to planners

Vistry issues profit warning after build costs higher than estimated

Architect redesigns Haringey housing scheme paused by collapse of main contractor

Developer appoints new project team on stalled 24-storey Camden tower

Public-private alliance for zero-bills MMC homes launched in Liverpool

Labour overturns previous government’s rejection of controversial 350-home Cockfosters scheme

PLP’s Westferry Printworks scheme approved for the third time

Rayner sets up ‘accelerator’ team of officials to boost development on 200 stalled sites

Remediation of unsafe cladding on 2,300 residential buildings yet to start

Watkin Jones to build tallest residential building in Scotland

Partnerships and location are key to success of government’s new towns ambitions

Dozens of consultants appointed to £2bn housing framework

Take these steps now – and be ready for procurement reform

Allies & Morrison unveils plans for overhaul of National Crime Agency HQ

Birmingham approves 37-storey tower next to row of ‘rare and significant’ grade II-listed villas

Developer cuts affordable housing on 19-tower Lewisham scheme after being hit by £25m railway station bill

Will Labour’s proposed planning changes help to deliver more homes?

Kate Barker says housing market is worse today than it was 20 years ago

In the rush to build 1.5 million homes how do we safeguard quality?

Government launches Skills England initiative and brings in former Co-op boss to head it

New government sets out plans for housing and infrastructure in first King’s Speech

Planning reform expected to be at heart of today’s King’s Speech

Plans submitted for £1.7bn redevelopment of Edgware town centre

Berkeley forced to redesign another high-rise residential scheme

Labour removes ‘levelling up’ from department and ministerial titles

Only by building with factory precision can the next government hit housing targets

BSR issues clarification after confusion over unregistered building control approver

Only a quarter of tall buildings with unsafe cladding have completed remediation

England needs 550,000 new homes a year to solve housing shortage, says report

The making of Egham: how to pull a town centre up by its bootstraps

Warm welcome from industry for Labour’s ‘wealth creation’ manifesto

Lendlease’s £1.9bn Birmingham Smithfield plan gets green light

Liberal Democrats outline housing and net zero plans in manifesto

Lendlease’s £1.9bn Birmingham Smithfield plans recommended for approval again

Fix planning to fix housing? It’s just a mantra, not the truth

Barking and Dagenham council leader Darren Rodwell dropped as Labour candidate

Home Truths podcast: In conversation with Liz Peace

Foster & Partners cuts one tower from its Fulham Gas Works scheme in second staircase rejig

Haringey set to approve latest phase of Catalyst and Hill’s Tottenham hospital redevelopment

Sunak’s big election gamble: How the construction sector reacted

Rayner announces 40% affordable housing target for New Towns

Home Truths podcast: In conversation with Toby Lloyd, former No 10 adviser

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‘We wouldn’t be doing it if it wasn’t wanted’: Duchy of Cornwall's project team defends 2,500-home Faversham scheme

Home Truths podcast: In conversation with Peter Freeman at Homes England

Building Talks podcast teams up with Jackie Sadek and Peter Bill for housing crisis series

Influential Conservative think tank backs Labour’s ‘grey belt’ plans

Developer team planning Liverpool mixed-use tower cluster after buying site from Peel Waters

Ballymore revives plans for 1,600-home Newham neighbourhood

McLaren signs development deal for £1.1bn York Central scheme

Government relying on ‘optimistic assumptions’ on heat pumps, NAO warns

Green light for massive expansion of Filton airfield redevelopment at Bristol

Populo Living’s £1bn Carpenters Estate regeneration plans finally approved

Key points from the CMA’s housebuilding report

CMA investigates UK’s biggest housebuilders over ‘anti-competitive behaviour’

Council seeks contractors for £3bn London housing framework

Developer working on plans for seven-towers scheme opposite O2 Arena

AHMM redesigns third London scheme to add second staircases

Barratt deal would not have been necessary if not for ‘dire’ housing market, says Redrow founder

London Plan review says Khan’s strategy ‘frustrates brownfield delivery’

Development partners sought for £1.5bn mixed-use framework

Biodiversity net gain rules come into force

Gove unveils pre-election plans to address the housing crisis

Starmer pledges to ‘reform housing’ in address to CIH

Student housing leading ‘remarkable’ transformation of regional cities, Deloitte report finds

Scheme to turn London brewery into £1.5bn mixed-use job approved for third time after second staircase changes

TfL scouting for development partner for 1,500-home Newham scheme

Knight Dragon brings in new chief executive

Second staircase disruption strikes Telford Homes scheme

Plans aired for £250m Stockport neighbourhood under grade II*-listed viaduct

Plans lodged for 7,000-home neighbourhood in Edinburgh

‘It’s been a torrid time’: Modulous boss Chris Bone on the offsite housing firm’s collapse

Economic woes send London Square into the red

Two-thirds of £4.2bn Housing Infrastructure Fund remains unspent

Gove launches consultation to increase transparency of land trust ownership

Gove’s London Plan review to be delivered within weeks

Developers forced to wait as Manchester council defers decision on 5,000 student rooms

Two more student housing towers submitted for planning

Plans submitted for 35-storey tower in Leeds

Housebuilders chasing £1bn development framework

What happens to development plans when a council goes ‘bankrupt’?

Developer unveils plan for record-breaking 76-storey tower in Manchester

Manchester refuses Simpson Haugh student housing scheme for fourth time

Lee Rowley appointed housing minister for the second time

Irish firm wins £116m Cambridge resi job

Japan’s biggest housebuilder moves into UK market with Lendlease joint venture

Berkeley lodges plans for five more phases of huge Ealing masterplan

Berkeley overhauls 1,300-home Oval scheme with second staircase revisions

London council in search of partner for £500m redevelopment job

Vistry’s pipeline ‘stuck’ due to second staircase design uncertainty, director says

Labour pledges biggest affordable housing boost ‘in a generation’

Housebuilding slump drives steepest fall in construction output since covid

Birmingham’s Ringway Centre set for wrecking ball as council considers three tower plan

Building the Future Commission calls for new strategic planning tier

Councils sitting on £3bn of developer contributions, report suggests

House prices fall nearly 2% in August

Barratt share price falls as it reports no improvement in demand

British Land rejigs Canada Water towers to comply with three new regulations

Inland Homes warns of ‘likely’ loan covenant breach with subsidiary

Notting Hill Genesis defends decision not to rebuild evacuated modular block

Transport bodies announce ‘landmark’ Manchester regeneration strategy

Plans lodged for first phase of 1,000-home net zero Sheffield regeneration

Firms chasing spots on £600m North Wales construction framework

Berkeley outlines plans to restart stalled towers scheme in south London

How do we increase affordable housing supply against the odds?

VolkerFitzpatrick lands £26m Surrey bridge job

Gove’s move to lower second staircase threshold will stall more schemes, experts warn

Tottenham Hotspur’s towers plan hit by second staircase delay

Fixing bad housing would bring £135bn in societal benefits, says BRE

Lord Kerslake: ‘The sector has lost a supremely powerful voice’

Tributes paid to ‘remarkable’ Lord Bob Kerslake following death

Seven key takeaways from this year’s CIH conference

Could stamp duty reform be the answer to making UK homes net zero?

New homes can (and must) be delivered with nature in mind

Ilke Homes in talks with 15 potential investors over sale

Housing slump sends monthly construction output down

Cost comparison: Pros and cons of volumetric construction in housing

Manchester council approves bumper crop of major schemes

Maccreanor Lavington lodges plans for Acton resi towers

Gove intervenes in two more planning applications on design grounds after Berkeley Homes row

How big a blow is the closure of L&G’s flagship factory to the prospects of MMC?

Barratt set to appoint new cladding contractor after bust up on east London remedial job

Go-ahead for Glasgow city centre masterplan

Tall building survey captures ‘mixed mood’ of London’s high rise sector

Labour to reform land valuation to make new developments cheaper

West Midlands outlines £20bn of investment opportunities

Apollo strikes deal to acquire United Living

Turley appoints new chief executive

Clarion pauses work on 15 schemes due to second staircases uncertainty

Vistry to consult again on bonus plans after shareholder revolt

Kier to start fresh round of investigations at King’s Cross block after cladding falls off

City Hall ‘wouldn’t rule out’ lowering second staircase threshold, deputy mayor says

Plans lodged for nearly 5,000 homes in Manchester city centre

Domestic repair and maintenance rebounds after 2022 slump, FMB says

‘We’re the victims of short-term policy-making’: Interview with Jennie Daly

Cost model: Universities need to answer tough questions about their priorities

What you need to know about Morrell’s ‘seminal’ review into products testing

Construction product manufacturers have to act, and act now

Morrell review into product testing proposes sweeping reforms including new regulatory regime

Housebuilder share prices dip amid renewed interest rate fear

Time for Gove to stop throwing stones at housing sector

Student resi tower replaces consented office plan in Elephant & Castle

Kingspan, Celotex and Arconic settle civil claims with 900 people affected by Grenfell fire

Small project starts plummet as inflation fears resurface

TfL chooses Barratt to deliver 900 homes in Acton

Residential permissions fall to lowest level on record

Trading in Inland Homes’ shares suspended

Morgan Sindall and Wates among winners on £3bn housing association upgrade programme

Landsec’s 1,800-home O2 scheme approved following second staircase redesign

Vistry renegotiating contracts with suppliers after fall in prices

Plans for 1,350-home build-to-rent scheme in Leeds approved

Steve Morgan interview: ‘It’s like the government wants to destroy the industry’

Landsec the latest to be caught out by London’s new second staircase rule

LABC ‘very concerned’ about exodus of building control veterans as new regulator looms

Industry heavyweights call on Gove to lower second staircase threshold to 18m

Spring Budget broadly welcomed but criticised for lack of retrofit progress

Berkeley looks towards low-rise if single staircase ban in towers goes ahead

How the chancellor can get housebuilding moving again – and make our homes greener

Use unspent apprenticeship levy money to boost heritage retrofit skills, government told

Starmer pledges planning reform as industry predicts collapse in housebuilding

Call for ‘bottom-up’ viability model to boost council affordable housing delivery

From the archives: The clearance of London’s worst slum, 1843 - 1846

McLaren lodges plans for 45-storey hexagonal tower in Leeds

Rachel Maclean confirmed as housing minister

Reshuffle reaction: frustration at housing minister churn but praise for energy shake-up

Lucy Frazer to step down as housing minister

Building the Future Commission: introducing the housing and planning stream

Government to mandate second staircase in new blocks above 30m

Warning of ‘complete collapse’ in local plan-making after Gove announcement

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