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Housebuilder Avant Homes West Midlands has submitted plans and exchanged contracts on a 4.71-acre site in Allesley, Coventry, to deliver a £18.8m, 60-home development. The proposed development, which will be called Allesley Heights, is located off Birmingham Road will comprise a mix... View Article

Deanfield Homes has announced the appointment of Helen Todd as its new sales and marketing director, working alongside Annette Gaskell, head of sales and marketing. With over three decades of experience in new homes sales and marketing, Helen brings a... View Article

Bellway is putting the finishing touches to its Indigo Park development in Chichester as the three-year construction project nears completion. The housebuilder has transformed the former Portfield Quarry and UMA House site off Shopwhyke Road into a collection of new... View Article

Barratt Homes has welcomed Member of Parliament for Wyre Forest, Mark Garnier OBE, for a development tour with its award-winning team in Stourport. The constituency MP visited the housebuilder’s Folliott’s Manor development on Severn Road to view the construction progress. Mark also... View Article

Hampshire-headquartered Bargate Homes has signed an exclusivity agreement with Connect It Utility Services to become its sole multi-utility provider.  The partnership contract will facilitate over 1,000 new homes to be delivered by the award-winning housebuilder, during the next three years.... View Article

The first Zero Bills homes in Sussex, promising free heating, hot water and electricity for at least five years, have been completed by Thakeham, one of the leading housebuilders in the south of England, at its Templegate development in Burgess... View Article

Award-winning housebuilder The Hill Group has secured planning permission for the third and final phase of Marleigh, its vibrant new neighbourhood on the eastern edge of Cambridge. The approved plans will deliver 423 new homes, bringing the total number of... View Article

Work has begun on the construction of new homes for people facing homelessness in Harlow. Award-winning housebuilder The Hill Group is delivering eight purpose-built SoloHaus homes in partnership with Harlow Council to help people in urgent need of a safe roof over their heads.... View Article

Housebuilding group untypical has named Kathryn Pennington as its new Regional Managing Director for the Western Region, bolstering its leadership team as the company drives forward its ambitious growth plans. Bringing more than two decades of industry-wide experience, Kathryn has... View Article

The Local Plan prepared by Horsham District Council to develop 13,000 homes up to 2040 has been put on hold by a Government inspector, who has cancelled all remaining public sessions the council scheduled for vetting the plan in January.... View Article

Speaking to an audience of small housebuilders and other members of the Federation of Master Builders at the organisation’s winter reception at the House of Lords, Housing Minister Matthew Pennycook said the Government is “wholly committed to supporting SME housebuilders... View Article

Small housebuilders will not be able to grow their market share and contribute to the Government’s ambitious housebuilding targets unless a series of key barriers are removed to meet the Housing Minister’s aim to diversify the market. This is the... View Article

The construction industry has reacted with a range of positive and negative statements to the changes announced to the National Planning Policy Framework, which could have major implications for the housebuilding sector in 2025, although there remain several areas which... View Article

Award-winning housebuilder, The Hill Group, has agreed its first Build to Rent forward funding deal with Lloyds Living, marking an important milestone in the company’s expansion into the growing BTR sector. This inaugural project, in partnership with Lloyds Living, is for 264... View Article

Planning Reform working paper: planning committees Response from Nick Diment, Director, Boyer (part of Leaders Romans Group): On 9 December the Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government (MHCLG) published the second in a series of working papers, on the topic of Planning Committees.... View Article