All Supplements articles – Page 55

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    Upcoming schemes

    2006-01-20T00:00:00Z

    Two schemes designed to help save the planet

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    Legal

    2006-01-20T00:00:00Z

    Labour has set great store in reviewing the compulsory purchase laws. So why has it suddenly started backtracking?

  • Looking for a way out: even for the young, city living is a short-term option
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    Latest thinking on …

    2006-01-20T00:00:00Z

    ...city living

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    The lie of the land

    2006-01-20T00:00:00Z

    It may not look like it but this plot of land is a brownfield site and its owner has ambitious plans to turn it into a role model for sustainable development, one that will be water, energy and waste neutral. But will the government's latest policy proposals help or hinder ...

  • Private eye: Paul Drechsler
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    From where I'm sitting …

    2006-01-20T00:00:00Z

    What's the verdict on the government's proposed Code for Sustainable Homes?

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    How we used our initiative

    2006-01-20T00:00:00Z

    Essex is one of the most crowded (and drought-prone) parts of Europe, and with 120,000 extra homes planned it's about to get even cosier (and drier) - so it's essential to get sustainable planning and urban design right from the beginning. Here's how the council is making sure developers play ...

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    The home question

    2006-01-20T00:00:00Z

    The government now says it wants to deliver an extra 50,000 new homes every year by 2010. It's part of the chancellor's response to Kate Barker's report into housing supply and puts housebuilding policy firmly at the top of this year's agenda.

  • Before...
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    How do we get from this ...... to this?

    2006-01-20T00:00:00Z

    With the toughest challenges to the Decent Homes programme still to come, the pressure is on to find ways of meeting the 2010 deadline - including a bigger role for the private sector. But the 1980s regeneration of the Redriff Estate in London Docklands may already hold the answer.

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    Get in the mix

    2006-01-20T00:00:00Z

    Mixed-use schemes are enjoying a renaissance - spurred on by the sustainable communities agenda. Swanke Hayden Connell Architects explains the practical design and development considerations

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    Cutting it fine

    2006-01-20T00:00:00Z

    Environmental legislation coming into force in 2006 will put the pressure on housebuilders to cut carbon emissions. So how can you clean up your act?

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    Sustainability: Code for Sustainable Homes

    2006-01-20T00:00:00Z

    Everything you wanted to know about the government's new Code for Sustainable Homes - but were afraid to ask

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    Not so fast, Mr Brown

    2006-01-20T00:00:00Z

    Fifty-one pages to draft PPS3. More than 70 pages to the proposed Code for Sustainable Homes. Have you read all the paperwork that the government released on 5 December in the package that made up its response to Kate Barker's review of housing supply?

  • David Orr
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    Out of Whitehall A policy briefing on the government's plans for regeneration

    2006-01-20T00:00:00Z

    As the new year began, the housebuilding industry was still absorbing the welter of documents that emerged from Whitehall before Christmas. Gordon Brown's pre-Budget report, with the long-awaited response to Kate Barker's review of housing supply, triggered a plethora of consultation documents and research papers.

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    If you were facing this man's tax bill, you'd be glum, too

    2006-01-20T00:00:00Z

    Nobody likes paying tax. So it is no surprise that developers are up in arms at the prospect of having a new one foisted on them in the form of the planning gain supplement, put forward by chancellor Gordon Brown in his pre-Budget report.

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    Agenda

    2006-01-20T00:00:00Z

    How long can David Cameron's honeymoon last.

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    5 factors

    2006-01-20T00:00:00Z

    … that could have an impact on your working life this year - but won't necessarily ruin it

  • Crest Nicholson’s work with Birmingham council and Optima has created a superb development in Park Central
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    Regeneration partnership of the year

    2005-12-02T00:00:00Z

    Crest Nicholson

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    What do the numbers mean?

    2005-12-02T00:00:00Z

    If you’re one of the finalists in this supplement, you’ll know that these are the numbers that count when it comes to regenerating Britain. So what do they all mean?

  • Pollard Thomas Edwards has used the air, instead of the playing fields, by building flats over St Jude and St Paul’s primary school
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    Innovation of the year

    2005-12-02T00:00:00Z

    Pollard Thomas Edwards

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    Doors and windows

    2005-12-02T00:00:00Z

    This month Specifier takes a look at doors and windows, including how much industrial doors for your warehouse scheme will cost and which standards to use to get the best performance. But first, how the Eden Project specified a very scientific rooflight and some very arty windows for its very ...