Cornish housebuilder Legacy Properties has officially begun construction at The Paddocks, a new 83-home development in Trispen near Truro. Initial site clearance and infrastructure works have now been completed. The Paddocks was named by pupils from St Erme with Trispen... View Article

Top 10 UK housebuilder Keepmoat is celebrating two senior promotions as it continues to strengthen its West Midlands regional office. Martyn Grimes, Head of Land and Partnerships, has been promoted to Director of Land and Partnerships, alongside Emma Urie, formerly... View Article

The UK’s most comprehensive construction and design show is back! London Build, taking place at Excel London on 25th & 26th November 2026, will bring together the entire built environment industry for two days of networking, innovation, entertainment and business... View Article

Northstone and Great Places Housing Group are celebrating the completion of their first two developments delivered in partnership, Breacla in Lancaster and Abri in Wigan, marking a major milestone in a collaboration built on shared ambitions for quality, sustainability and... View Article

By Rob Norton, UK Director, PlanRadar When I speak to housebuilders about the target for 1.5 million new homes, one question keeps coming back. We have set the pace, but have we set the controls?  The Government’s target has put... View Article

Andy Smith, Director at KeyTracker.  Housebuilding sites have become increasingly complex environments to manage. Multi-phase developments, larger subcontractor networks and tighter delivery schedules have all added pressure on developers and principal contractors to maintain safe, efficient and well-controlled operations. At... View Article

A Grade II listed landmark site in Derby city centre that shut in 1967 is preparing to welcome its first residents. An initial tranche of 31 family homes are ready to move into at Wavensmere Homes’ £80m Friar Gate Goods... View Article

Stansted-based developer City & Country has been recommended for planning approval for two residential schemes in Essex, comprising up to 300 homes on the edge of Stansted and up to 180 homes adjacent to Birchanger. The Stansted scheme includes a... View Article

Early design choices set the majority of a building’s environmental footprint. That makes upfront embodied carbon a project inception issue.  By Dr Lee Jones, Head of Sustainability at Hubexo NBS  Across UK construction, carbon reporting has become a regular task... View Article

Housebuilding group untypical, which builds under the brands Hopkins Homes and Tilia Homes, has committed to entering every forthcoming site into the Building for a Healthy Life (BHL) assessment process from the planning stage. The pledge comes as untypical was... View Article

Demolition work has started to clear the way for a new housing development on the site of the former Queen Alexandra College in North Shields. National housing partnership specialist Lovell bought the four-acre site off Queen Alexandra Road in March... View Article

Builders risk having sites shut down immediately if they fail to comply with a new ban on the dry cutting of engineered stone, the Federation of Master Builders (FMB) has warned, as the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) launches a... View Article

Mosscare St Vincent’s Housing (MSV) is pleased to announce a new partnership with one of the UK’s largest homebuilders, Bellway, following a formal exchange of terms to acquire 122 homes at the former Gatley Golf Course in Heald Green, Stockport. ... View Article

Bellway has achieved a gold award in the Next Generation Benchmark which assesses sustainability practices in the country’s largest housebuilding companies. The award recognises Bellway’s achievements and ongoing commitment to sustainability across eight key areas. The survey ranked Bellway in... View Article

Construction work has started on a new development of energy-efficient homes in Billericay. Bellway is building 47 properties at Mayflower Mews on a 3.5-acre site on the southern edge of the Essex town, off Southend Road. The development of one,... View Article

Leading developer Lovell has acquired land off Pavenhill in Purton, on the outskirts of Swindon, and is working on proposals to deliver a total of 60 mixed tenure homes in the village. The development, located on land formerly part of South Pavenhill... View Article