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The Lords Secondary Legislation Committee has published a report highlighting concerns about substantial and wide-ranging changes to planning legislation which result in a lighter touch approval process for certain local developments. The Committee scrutinises policy aspects of all secondary legislation... View Article

Global property consultancy Knight Frank is set to formally launch an auction business following a pilot sale in July this year. Today, Wednesday 9 September, the group has announced that it will hold seven more sales in total with the... View Article

If the last year has shown us anything, it is that we simply don’t know what is around the corner, says Darci Edwards of Bridge Insurance Brokers Ltd. Businesses all over the UK have changed, pivoted or sadly gone under... View Article

Housing market activity continued to rise in August, as those looking to take advantage of the stamp duty holiday continued their search for a new home.  A net balance of 63% of respondents reported an increase in buyer interest over... View Article

Commenting on the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) launching affordable homes funding, Tom Fyans, deputy chief executive of CPRE, the countryside charity, said: ‘While this funding seems impressive, it was announced in the Budget and doesn’t represent... View Article

Construction industry leaders of the UK’s biggest professional and trade bodies have joined the call to local authorities to commit to CLOCS in the co-signed letter (view letter) that was sent today to all Local Authority Chief Executives across Britain... View Article

Government must release the breaks on sluggish construction sector activity by stepping up its support for builders who want to get accredited for the Green Homes Grants scheme, according to the Federation of Master Builders (FMB). This is in response... View Article

Commenting on new research from Shelter, which exposes that hundreds of thousands of homes granted planning permission haven’t been built, Tom Fyans, campaigns and policy director at CPRE, the countryside charity, said: ‘The backlog of building in the midst of... View Article

Barratt Developments plc has become the first major housebuilder in the country to be certified by the British Safety Council for the quality of its COVID-19 policies and procedures. The company, which owns Barratt and David Wilson Homes, is currently... View Article

To assist in the design, specification and installation of building services penetrations to ensure fire compartmentation is maintained, five leading not-for-profit  organisations have launched a Best Practice Design and Installation Guide, Firestopping of Service Penetrations. The aim of the guide... View Article