Jon Neale
CommentGarden Cities: Learning from the regions
Politicians discussing garden suburbs and cities at next week鈥檚 Conservative conference would do well to look further than London and Hertfordshire
CommentNew housing measures: The right direction?
The housing measures could benefit from less focus on the planning system and more on affordable housing
好色先生TVWhatever happened to localism?
The draft National Planning Policy Framework may give the planning system the 鈥渢eeth鈥� developers have been looking for
CommentTown and country
Protecting the green belt from redevlopment is not the same as protecting the English countryside. If we work sustainably, we can create a better, greener future
CommentLocalism: A recipe for building homes in the wrong places
Real powers will help economic growth, but limited localism could just further seal off leafy suburbs to development
CommentHousebuilding needs to learn the lessons of the 1930s
In the 1930s we built around 300,000 homes a year in the face of a worldwide recession. Why are things so different this time around?
好色先生TVThere's still room for flats
The trend for smaller and smaller urban flats wasn鈥檛 the answer to the UK鈥檚 housing needs, but then, neither is a return to just building traditional family homes
好色先生TVForever blowing bubbles
Jon Neale is concerned that everyone seems to think a big building programme will prevent boom and bust. The evidence suggests otherwise
好色先生TVRight at home
Now that the Conservative party is ambling to victory at the next election victory, it has much more freedom to develop housing policy. Jon Neale looks at what it鈥檚 likely to be
好色先生TVPlease sir, can we have some more?
Of course the Budget didn鈥檛 give us as much as we wanted. But, says Jon Neale, it鈥檚 questionable whether even more cash would help housebuilders. What we want more of is fresh thinking
好色先生TVPlanning review: Teaching tortoise to gallop
The latest planning review aims to 鈥榳eed out bureaucratic hurdles鈥�. Jon Neale asked senior figures at every stage of the planning process to tell us exactly what is going wrong
好色先生TVHousebuilders' salary survey: Money or your life
With the big bucks of the private housebuilding sector less forthcoming than they were six months ago, many people are beginning to notice the better work-life balance offered by registered social landlords. Jon Neale reports on the findings of 好色先生TV鈥檚 second annual housebuilders鈥� salary survey
好色先生TVThe housebuilder鈥檚 plan - City lofts
Our company profiles continue with a developer that is attempting to cope with the drop in sales of city-centre flats in northern England. Jon Neale takes a look around
好色先生TVThe housebuilder鈥檚 plan McCarthy & Stone
In the first of a series of company profiles, Jon Neale opens