All Housing articles – Page 9
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Comment
Construction product manufacturers have to act, and act now
Firms should not wait for reforms to the testing regime to come into force - they should already be changing their ways to meet higher expectations of competence and ethics
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Morrell review into product testing proposes sweeping reforms including new regulatory regime
Landmark report recommends bringing all construction materials on market into scope of new regulator
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Housebuilder share prices dip amid renewed interest rate fear
Markets expect Bank of England to take action after inflation remained in double figures in March
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Comment
Time for Gove to stop throwing stones at housing sector
The housing secretary ignores the hard work and goodwill of so many housing professionals at his peril. There may be unintended consequences to the blame being dished out
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Student resi tower replaces consented office plan in Elephant & Castle
Scheme by Collado Collins swapped for 24-storey housing block by Maccreanor Lavington
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Kingspan, Celotex and Arconic settle civil claims with 900 people affected by Grenfell fire
Undisclosed sum paid to bereaved, survivors and residents in wake of 2017 tragedy
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Small project starts plummet as inflation fears resurface
Starts for projects valued at £100m or less fell by nearly half in the first quarter of 2023, study finds
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TfL chooses Barratt to deliver 900 homes in Acton
Fifty per cent of the homes by Bollo Lane will be affordable
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Residential permissions fall to lowest level on record
Major applications permitted in 2022 fell by more than 8% according to official data
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Trading in Inland Homes’ shares suspended
AIM-listed housebuilder’s shares will be suspended until its annual audited accounts are published
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Morgan Sindall and Wates among winners on £3bn housing association upgrade programme
L&Q picks ten contractors to carry out 15 years of work
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Landsec’s 1,800-home O2 scheme approved following second staircase redesign
Scheme was redesigned to add second staircases following Sadiq Khan’s fire safety ruling
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Vistry renegotiating contracts with suppliers after fall in prices
Housebuilder says cost savings will allow it to keep on building
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Plans for 1,350-home build-to-rent scheme in Leeds approved
Developer Platform wins planning for hybrid application for three linked towers and two office blocks
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Features
Steve Morgan interview: ‘It’s like the government wants to destroy the industry’
The Redrow founder says the government is letting down the industry and giving in to opponents of development. Joey Gardiner asks the former Tory donor if he will be helping the party again
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Landsec the latest to be caught out by London’s new second staircase rule
Developer forced to redesign 1,800-home Camden scheme following mayor’s fire safety ruling
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LABC ‘very concerned’ about exodus of building control veterans as new regulator looms
Organisation’s chief executive said highly experienced people were “desperately needed” to train new recruits
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Industry heavyweights call on Gove to lower second staircase threshold to 18m
RIBA also says all existing blocks above 18m with single staircases should be refurbished with evacuation lifts
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Spring Budget broadly welcomed but criticised for lack of retrofit progress
Round-up of industry reaction to announcements including £20bn for carbon capture and storage and £600m for regneeration and levelling up schemes
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Berkeley looks towards low-rise if single staircase ban in towers goes ahead
Developer says fire safety rules will put high rise schemes awaiting planning “back to square one”