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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

Slough Borough Council’s former High Street contact centre is undergoing a £26 million transformation after property developer Kings Oak Capital secured support from Shawbrook Bank. Landmark Place, which used to house the council’s MyCouncil customer drop-in centre, is being redeveloped into 89... View Article

A technical consultation on offering all new homes access to high-speed wi-fi has been announced by the government. Currently, more than two-thirds of premises have access to gigabit-capable networks, up from one in ten back in 2019 with the government aiming for... View Article

Developers who fail to resolve snagging problems on new homes could see themselves struck off the New Homes Quality Board, NHQB, register. The board has released a new housebuilders code banning high-pressure selling, requiring an after-sale ‘cooling off’ period and protecting the... View Article

Carl Pittam, Development Director, Ubeeqo a brand of Europcar Mobility Group Environmental concerns are high on the agenda for both businesses and their customers – last month’s COP26 highlighted only too clearly the strength of feeling around our need to... View Article

Gleeson Homes has been granted planning permission to build 39 new homes off, Abbey Road, in Abbeytown, Cumbria. The development, which will be known as Barley Meadows, will see the 4.57 acre area of land be transformed into beautiful, high... View Article