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The BEIS Select Committee have been accused of “deliberately misreading” Ministerial plans for decarbonising UK homes in its latest report, published this week, according to Mike Foster, chief executive of the not for profit trade body Energy and Utilities Alliance.... View Article

A swathe of councils could follow two Hertfordshire authorities who rejected their local plans in the wake of the government’s decision to reverse proposed planning reform. The construction industry fears Conservative-run Hertsmere and Welwyn Hatfield borough councils’ move to revise their... View Article

Innovative affordable housing developer Pocket Living has secured a resolution to grant planning permission from Southwark Council for two new developments in the Old Kent Road Opportunity Area. As two linked planning applications, the two schemes, Ossory Road and Credon House, will... View Article

The details of the Government’s Levelling Up White Paper have been revealed, including a range of housing announcements as part of a broad devolution agenda. Among a range of proposals intended to increase prosperity for ‘forgotten’ regions outside London and... View Article

Plans have been submitted to regenerate a brownfield site in the centre of Hemel Hempstead with 56 new homes and a purpose-built headquarters for homeless charity, DENS. On behalf of Dacorum Borough Council, multi-disciplinary design practice, rg+p has designed and... View Article

Leading UK developer SevenCapital has acquired a 50% stake in a landmark £500 million prime scheme in Kensington, with pan-European real estate investment manager MARK holding the other 50%. The project, located at 100 West Cromwell Road, will deliver 462... View Article

From Kieron Gregson, Associate Partner, Carter Jonas The new Environment Act creates a statutory requirement for all new development to achieve a minimum of 10% biodiversity net gain (BNG). So what does this mean for housebuilders and developers? Essentially the... View Article

In December 2021, the Government published the new Approved Part F (Means of Ventilation) and Part L (Conservation of Fuel and Power) of the Building Regulations. Under the new regulations, there is a significant cut in carbon emissions of 30%... View Article

Reducing planning risk by making decisions more predictable and quicker would benefit SME housebuilders, the House of Lord’s built environment committee has concluded. In its Meeting Housing Demand report released this week the committee has urged councils to support SME builders by... View Article

From David Churchill, Partner, Carter Jonas London In October last year, our team was carrying out some standard research into the extent to which local planning authorities (LPAs) were unlikely to meet the standard methodology target in their emerging Local... View Article

The construction and housing industries have given a mixed response to Secretary of State for Housing Michael Gove’s announcement that £4bn for replacing cladding to ensure it is fire-safe on buildings over 11 metres will be passed from leaseholders to... View Article

Gleeson Homes has been granted planning permission to build 57 new homes off Lowmoor Road, in Wigton, Cumbria. The development, which will be known as Chimes Bank, will see the 5.12 site be transformed into beautiful, high quality, low cost... View Article

More than nine out of ten smaller housebuilders have said planning is the biggest obstacle to increasing their housing delivery, according to a survey out this week. Respondents expect planning delays to get worse in 2022 in many parts of the UK... View Article

Plans have been submitted to build 58 one-, two- and three-bedroom sustainable apartments for social rent, close to Leeds city centre, on Railway Street at Saxton Gardens. Leeds City Council selected Leeds & Yorkshire Housing Association (LYHA), following a competitive process,... View Article

Costs for replacing cladding to ensure it is fire-safe on high and mid-rise buildings will be passed to housebuilders, developers and product manufacturers, in new measures announced by the Ministry of Housing today. The Secretary of State for Levelling Up,... View Article