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Yorkshire based housebuilder, Newett Homes, has announced three new senior appointments to its leadership team, as it continues to focus on accelerated growth and scaling-up operations across the business. The appointments of a new Regional Technical Director, Head of Planning,... View Article

Staffordshire-headquartered Cameron Homes has acquired a three-acre site in Rutland’s county town of Oakham, which has detailed planning consent for 50 open market houses. The site forms the final undeveloped residential land of the Barleythorpe Sustainable Urban Extension, where circa... View Article

Housebuilder Honey will build 184 new homes in Bessacarr, Doncaster, after being granted planning permission for a £53m development. Called Opal and located off Cammidge Way, adjacent to Bawtry Road, the 16-acre development will comprise a mix of two-, three- and four-bedroom homes, including... View Article

Work has started on a £24m regeneration scheme in Derker, Oldham, which will see Seddon and Hive Homes deliver 132 carbon-neutral homes across five disused brownfield sites. The sites were acquired by Hive Homes from Oldham Council with an aim... View Article

Britain is pouring record sums into repairing and upgrading older homes. The latest report from Houzz reveals that homeowners who renovated in 2024 spent a median £21,440, a 26 per cent increase on the previous year. At a time when... View Article

The Federation of Master Builders (FMB) is shining the spotlight on women in construction from young apprentices just starting out – to those shaping the sector at the very top -to mark this year’s UK Women in Construction Week (2-8th... View Article

Cameron Homes has submitted an outline planning application to Lichfield District Council for a 20 Ha development of up to 430 homes and community facilities, located off Highfields Road in Chasetown, within the Staffordshire town of Burntwood. The £150m grey... View Article

Construction work is under way on a 60-home development in Four Marks that will include 24 affordable properties and a children’s play area. Bellway is building homes ranging from one to four-bedroom properties on the seven-acre site off Lymington Bottom... View Article

Futurebuild 2026 has unveiled an unashamedly provocative main conference programme, placing resilience firmly at the centre of the built environment conversation. Taking place from 12-14 May 2026 at Excel London, big hitters representing UKGBC, RIBA, ACAN, Architects Declare and The Sustainable Development Foundation, among... View Article

Redcliffe Homes has legally completed on a new residential development site in Dilton Marsh, Wiltshire. The site benefits from outline planning permission and a signed S.106 agreement providing for up to 54 new homes, including 30% affordable housing. Jon Burcombe,... View Article

Detailed plans have been approved in principle by Doncaster planning committee for a new 200-home development, including much-needed affordable housing, wheelchair accessible bungalows and public open space, in the South Yorkshire village of Skellow. Bellway Strategic Land has developed the... View Article

Wavensmere Homes is 12 months into the two-and-a-half-year regeneration and development programme for its £50m Arkle Court development in Cheltenham’s Central Conservation Area. The Leader of Cheltenham Borough Council and senior officers visited the £50m Arkle Court scheme – formerly... View Article

Bellway is preparing to start construction on a new development of 170 new homes at Wynyard Park, to the north of Stockton on Tees. The new development – to be known as Oakwood at Wynyard Park – will be on... View Article

Top 10 UK housebuilder, Keepmoat, has partnered with Alexander’s Timber Design (ATD) as its timber frame supplier in Scotland in a move set to promote sustainable Scottish forestry. The partnership will see ATD manufacture timber frames for Keepmoat schemes from its facility in... View Article

Bellway has submitted detailed proposals for a new development of 116 new homes in Chadwell St Mary which will create affordable housing and new public open space for the area. The housebuilder has applied to Thurrock Council for full planning... View Article

A resolution to grant outline planning permission has been secured from West Northamptonshire Council for a further 361 homes at the Northampton South Sustainable Urban Extension (NSSUE). The 361 homes are in addition to the approximately 1,000 mixed-tenure homes already... View Article

Bellway is to start construction work on 85 new homes in Chipping Ongar after acquiring the land for the development. Haycroft Gardens, as the development is to be known, will provide a range of much-needed family housing, affordable homes for... View Article