Confirmation of the Planning Bill, which includes a raft of changes to the system, has been announced in the Queen’s Speech, as well as a new Building Safety Regulator in the wake of Grenfell.  The Queen announced that the Planning [...]

New laws aiming to enable the UK to “build back better and stronger from the pandemic” are set to be unveiled in today’s Queen’s Speech, including an overhaul of the planning system to increase building rates across the UK. The [...]

The City of London must adapt to post-pandemic economic and social trends in order to remain a world-leading ecosystem, and as such is set to use vacant space and aim for at least 1,500 new residential units by 2030, according [...]

Patrick Mooney, housing consultant and news editor of Housing, Management & Maintenance discusses the recent moves by the Church of England to unlock its land for housing developments. In a dramatic change of policy, the Church of England has signposted [...]

Mark Wakeford, chair of the Major Contractors Group at the National Federation of Builders, speaks to Housebuilder & Developer about the opportunities and barriers ahead for the industry in the critical path to zero carbon. The housebuilding industry is making [...]