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Housebuilder Story Homes is delighted to announce exchange of contracts for a new site for residential development on Dialstone Lane in Offerton, Stockport. Proposals for the site would see the delivery of 112 high quality homes, including 50% affordable housing, which... View Article

Housebuilder Honey will build 174 new two-, three-, four- and five-bedroom homes in Killamarsh, Derbyshire after being granted planning permission for a £50m development. Called Aurelle, the development is located off Upperthorpe Road just a short commute to Chesterfield and Sheffield. Aurelle will comprise... View Article

A Northeast housebuilder is strengthening its team with the appointment of a new Quantity Surveyor. Hannah Maurice, 33, from Whitley Bay, joins Amethyst Homes – which has increased its workforce from just three to 28 in the past decade. She... View Article

Regional property developer Castlemere Developments has announced it has commenced work on a new residential project for six luxury four-bedroom townhouses in Dulwich. The Windsor-based company, which has a portfolio of high end developments across London, has started the groundworks for the... View Article

West Sussex-based Sigma Homes has announced a strategic shift, transitioning from direct housebuilding to focusing on land and planning transactions. The decision comes in response to ongoing challenges facing SME developers in the UK housing market, particularly in the Southeast... View Article

As flooding risk increases across the UK, the need for an innovative solution to provide sufficient resilience to older buildings becomes even more prescient. Daniel Fitch, Technical Sales Manager Packed Products at Tarmac, explores why innovative lime plasters need to... View Article

Mark Topping, Director of Design, Lanpro Biodiversity net gain (BNG) became mandatory for major developments from 12 February 2024 and for small sites from 2 April. A year on from its initiation, we look at the triumphs and tribulations.  As a property... View Article

Construction work on two developments bringing 484 new homes to Mansfield will begin this summer. Bellway East Midlands will build 314 properties for private sale and 170 affordable homes in its second phase of development at the wider Lindhurst neighbourhood... View Article

Modular homes company Boutique Modern has revealed an innovative product called ModernHome which will build homes quickly for people on the social housing waiting list and help local authorities save significant money at a crucial time. As well as providing comfortable, safe and stylish... View Article

Award-winning constructor Horgan Homes has moved into Lincolnshire with a new development which aims to address a shortage of high quality bungalows in the county. Work is under way in Mareham-Le-Fen to build 30 two, three and four-bedroom contemporary styled bungalows and... View Article

Cambridge Investment Partnership (CIP), the equal partnership between Cambridge City Council and award-winning housebuilder, The Hill Group, celebrated the official start on site at Fanshawe Road in Cambridge’s Coleridge ward, with a ground-breaking ceremony. Ward Councillors joined CIP board members... View Article

Rangeford Villages, the award-winning later living provider and operator, has announced that a hybrid planning application (ref: DM/23/2699) for an IRC and wider mixed-use residential community submitted by Welbeck has been approved unanimously by Mid-Sussex District Council. Rangeford expects to... View Article

A 50/50 joint venture between award-winning housebuilder The Hill Group and leading housing association Peabody, has agreed a partnership with Goodstone Living to deliver 360 high-quality Build to Rent (BTR) homes at Dagenham Green. The BTR apartments will form part of the first phase of... View Article

Minister of State for Housing and Planning, Matthew Pennycook MP, has visited Canalside Quarter, the first residential phase of the new Oxford North innovation district. Developed by award-winning housebuilder The Hill Group, Canalside Quarter is providing much-needed sustainable homes in the centre of this key strategic... View Article