Housing – Page 2
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Ministers seek views on brownfield planning passport scheme to speed up development
MHCLG issues policy paper and call to evidence on first day of Labour party conference
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One in four social housing blocks with fire safety defects lack remediation plans, says regulator
Social landlords have identified 1,932 buildings as having ‘life-critical’ fire safety defects to the EWS
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Southern’s freeze on new development will last until financial circumstances improve, says CEO
Paul Hackett tells Housing Today Live: London conference this is the “toughest time” for housing association finances he can remember
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Gleeson sells more homes but profit slips
Housebuilder now turning attention to hitting 3,000 homes a year target after restructuring
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L&G sells Cala to private equity investors for £1.35bn
Buyer also includes former investor owner Patron
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Scottish housebuilder sees completions and profit slump
Springfield says high interest rates and fragile consumer confidence behind falls
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Vistry could build up to 40,000 homes a year with right government support, says partnerships chief
Ambition requires ‘more functional’ planning system and funding for affordable housing partners, firm adds
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Further 7,000 residential buildings outside official statistics could be unsafe, warns minister
Rushanara Ali says those responsible for thousands of buildings have yet to apply to cladding safety scheme to fix defects
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More than 20 traditional construction firms to £800m MMC social housing framework
ɫTV Better and Procurement for Housing’s four-year framework aims to boost the use of MMC in sector
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Last government’s retrofit programmes to stay as minister says no time for ‘hiatus’
Miatta Fahnbulleh says DESNZ will take ‘area-based’ approach to rolling out efficiency improvements
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Barratt, Homes England and Lloyds form JV to build out sites of up to 10,000 homes
£150m partnership to develop large brownfield sites and ‘garden villages’
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House of Lords committee launches inquiry into government’s ‘grey belt’ plans
Peers will examine Labour’s ‘golden rules’ for development on the green belt
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Berkeley says firm on course to hit £525m profit target
Housebuilder targeting nearly £1bn in pre-tax profit over the next two years as it praises Labour’s planning reforms
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John Lewis Partnership submits plans for 215-home Reading scheme
Carey Jones Chapman Tolcher working on £80m proposals on site of former distribution centre
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Vistry set to unseat Barratt as country’s biggest housebuilder
Firm set to build 18,000 homes this year, taking it above figure predicted by rival
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Barratt profit drops by three quarters amid fresh building safety costs and market slowdown
Completions drop 19% and expected to fall further this year
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Metropolitan Police chief stresses it could take 18 months to bring charges over Grenfell
Meanwhile at PMQs Keir Starmer apologises on behalf of the British state and says ‘today is a long awaited day of truth but it must now lead to a day of justice’
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Housing slowdown sees Michelmersh bring forward factory upgrade work
Brickmaker to close South Yorkshire plant in November and December
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Report backed by major developers calls for government to help SME housebuilders
Pocket Living tells government to create Homes England SME managers under plan to ‘save’ smaller housebuilding sector
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Dagenham fire started from materials kept on scaffolding, initial probe suggests
Institution of Fire Engineers releases detail of preliminary investigation into huge blaze