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Work has started on the next stage of a major scheme to reduce the risk of flooding in Leeds. Construction on the second phase of the Leeds Flood Alleviation Scheme will see flood defences being built on the River Aire... View Article

Plans submitted to Gateshead Council for Brett Wharf, a transformative £35m residential-led development on the south bank of the River Tyne, have received planning approval. Designed by FaulknerBrowns Architects on behalf of The High Street Group, the scheme represents a... View Article

Solihull-headquartered Hayfield has agreed £85m of new equity and debt funding to enable the three-year-old housebuilder to deliver 500 homes per annum over the coming 36 months, which would result in a turnover of circa £180m. A £50m senior debt... View Article

The Advanced Industrialised Methods for the Construction of Home (AIMCH) has published a research report to help the house building sector better evaluate productivity and respond to future demands. The report examines construction productivity measurement and protocols and brings a... View Article

Housebuilder Avant Homes has promoted Scott Varley to the newly created role of area managing director for Scotland and north east England. Scott first joined Avant Homes in 2006 as regional land manager for the group’s Yorkshire business, before taking... View Article

By Richard Osborne, Managing Director, LTP Outside areas are becoming increasingly important, yet a maintenance regime for a patio is rarely considered. But our love of the seamless kitchen-to-garden installation – and a new breed of water-based treatments – are... View Article

Ballymore and Oxley celebrated a landmark moment today as the final, and tallest, residential building at Royal Wharf officially topped out. The major urban regeneration scheme, which will ultimately deliver 3,385 new homes, represents a new town for east London,... View Article

Leading Yorkshire property and development company, S Harrison has appointed Paul Holcroft as a key member of its front end development team. His broad-ranging experience will further strengthen the York-based business which is expected to report excellent profits for 2019... View Article

Graven Hill, the UK’s largest self and custom build development in Bicester, Oxfordshire, is inviting prospective homeowners to a ‘New Year, New Home’ event on Saturday 18 January. Those looking for their dream property at Graven Hill will be able... View Article

Household domestic energy use currently accounts for roughly 29% of the UK’s total energy consumption and carbon dioxide emissions. Radically reducing this figure is vital if the country is to achieve its goals of cutting emissions to 51% of 1990... View Article

Five years after plans were first submitted, work has started to transform a brownfield site in Middleton for new homes. Proposals for the 4.38 acre site on Boothroyden Road were first put to planners in 2015. The land was acquired... View Article

Toyota has revealed plans to build a prototype “city” of the future on a 175-acre site at the base of Mount Fuji in Japan. Announced at CES 2020, the global consumer technology show in Las Vegas, the Woven City will... View Article

Seaton Beach, an innovative seafront development of eight luxury apartments at Seaton in Devon, built to Passivhaus standards, has won ‘Best Apartment Devon’ for the Penthouse and ‘Best Sustainable Residential Development in the UK’ in the International Property Awards and... View Article

Hill, the award-winning top 20 UK housebuilder, and Goram Homes, a housing company founded by Bristol City Council, have announced their first joint venture that will see the delivery of a 165-unit development in Bristol. The scheme, located on Bristol’s... View Article