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Planning Portal, the digital platform through which more than 95% of planning applications in England are submitted, has recorded a surge in the number of new homes applied for in the third quarter of 2025. The number of new homes... View Article

Groundbreaking ceremony celebrates start of Victory Quay development in Portsmouth Portsmouth, UK – 6 October 2025 – A significant milestone was marked as VIVID, joined by local leaders and community representatives, officially broke ground on Victory Quay, a landmark development... View Article

8 October 2025 – A 724-bed student accommodation development at Little Donegall Street, Belfast, has officially topped out. Biscuit Factory, a £50 million project delivered by GRAHAM on behalf of LDS Dev Co, with Lacuna Developments acting as development manager,... View Article

Housebuilder & Developer’s Kim Neville recently visited Samsung’s Climate Solutions new training centre in Chertsey to explore innovations in decarbonising housing. From the outside, the building appears modest, but inside it houses first-class training facilities to support specification for Future... View Article

Barratt Homes West Scotland has unveiled the first CGI images of its highly anticipated new development, Lennox Gardens, in Glenboig, North Lanarkshire. The collection of stylish two, three and four-bedroom homes is already generating strong interest from first-time buyers and growing... View Article

Award-winning housebuilder The Hill Group has completed the acquisition of Ickleford Mill, a 9.17 acre brownfield site close to Hitchin in North Hertfordshire, with the intention of delivering a high-quality residential development that will transform the disused former flour mill... View Article

Morris Homes had a visit from the Lighthouse Charity’s #MakeItVisible On Site team  to support industry workers across the Midlands with their mental wellbeing. The Lighthouse Charity provides 24/7 holistic support to the UK and Ireland construction community on all aspects of emotional,... View Article

Bellway has appointed a new Land Director to head up its operation to expand and grow the business in the North East. Stuart Morgan has taken over the role for the housebuilder’s North East division and is based at its... View Article

Projections by Lanpro reveal that the 1.5 million target is set to meet little more than 50% Labour has staked much of its economic strategy on housing. The government’s promise to deliver 1.5 million homes by 2029 is intended to... View Article

Plans submitted by Wates Developments for new homes and a community hub in Bolney have been approved by Mid Sussex District Council.  The site at Foxhole Farm had been allocated for development by the Council in the proposed draft of... View Article

Housebuilding group, untypical, has secured planning permission on three sites that will deliver hundreds of new homes as part of its strategic expansion. The new developments will be built in Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire by Tilia Homes, part of the untypical... View Article

Landmark analysis from planning, design and development consultancy Marrons – supported by the Land, Planning and Development Federation (LPDF) – found that four in five major residential planning appeals on grey belt land have been approved since the government policy launched in... View Article

Award-winning housebuilder The Hill Group has completed the purchase of the Whalebones Park site in Barnet, North London, and will commence construction this October following planning approval for 115 new homes. The new neighbourhood, located on land adjoining the Grade II listed... View Article

New development would follow the success of Winchester Place October 2025 – Story Homes is pleased to announce the submission of a full planning application to Cumberland Council for a proposed new residential development in the market town of Brampton. The plans propose the delivery... View Article

Wavensmere Homes has launched a £23m building of apartments for rent as the final phase of its £175m Nightingale Quarter development in Derby city centre. The five-storey red brick building comprises 103 one- and two-bedroom apartments, which is in the final... View Article

Top 10 housebuilder Keepmoat is celebrating the completion of its development on Harwood Lane in Blackburn, now named ‘Lyndon Park’, which has created more than 200 new homes. The housebuilder started on site in 2017, working with multiple partners to... View Article

Professional services group, Gateley, is marking ten years of its national academy for housebuilders programme which has had more than 650 junior professionals attend since it launched in 2016. The free series of workshop-style modules is designed to support the... View Article