Project Articles

Leicester’s 3,000 home Ashton Green development in the north of the city takes a significant step forward as Leicester City Council releases to the market a mixed use village centre development opportunity. The 13 hectare site will create 500 residential... View Article

Developers Ecowijk and Sogent have adopted BREEAM Communities as a framework for achieving the ambitious sustainability goals for the residential development Ecowijk Gantoise in Ghent, Belgium. The site, which has had a rich history in sports for more than 150... View Article

Novus Property Solutions is creating 32 new residences on the site of the former Westway public house in Highfields, Stafford, bringing a much-needed boost to the area. More than 20 disused garages on the site have been demolished in order... View Article

Plans to build more than 160 new homes in Salford have been given the green light. Salford Council’s planning team have rubber stamped proposals by housing association Salix Homes to build 161 new properties on the Beechfarm Estate in Swinton,... View Article

It’s been 12 months since Bellway took over the site on Ponton Road, where the developer is building over 500 new homes as part of the Nine Elms On The South Bank regeneration scheme. Construction works on the three towers... View Article

A major improvement project to modernise more than 60 steel-built homes in Salford is gathering pace. Housing association Salix Homes, which owns more than 8,300 homes in central Salford, is working alongside Oldham-based building specialists Emanuel Whittaker to transform 67... View Article

pH+ has won planning permission for the creation of 37 new timber-clad homes on a disused brownfield site in Acton, west London. Designed for developer City and Suburban Ltd, Rosebank Works will be conceived as a linear park of high-quality... View Article

Urban Splash and shedkm announce the first phase of their hoUSe project. Offering customers bespoke, architect-designed homes along the canal in New Islington, Manchester, the development gives buyers the power to choose the layout of their home. In its initial phase, the project’s... View Article

A new housing development designed with families in need of care facilities has been unveiled in North Shields last Friday, 4 March. The scheme features a specialist four-person bungalow, a six-bedroom respite care centre for adults with a learning disability, plus a terrace of... View Article

Work on the £22 million Buccleuch Place & Meadow Lane Student Accommodation Project for the University of Edinburgh is now underway following Graham Construction’s appointment as main contractor. The firm began preparatory work on the site in Scotland’s capital in December with... View Article

A major house builder has revealed exciting conceptual plans for around 450 – 500 much needed homes as part of a wider residential led development proposal on a former industrial dockland site in Leith. CALA Homes’ plans for its proposed... View Article

A local housing association involved in a ground breaking study into the challenges affecting village life, is celebrating the completion of its £2.4m development at ‘Clayfields’ in Repton. Trent & Dove Housing, Burton on Trent’s largest provider of affordable homes,... View Article

Wynne Construction has won contracts for three significant North Wales projects worth £12.5m. The Bodelwyddan-based contractor has been appointed to build two schools, Ysgol Gwenfro in Wrexham and Ysgol Glancegin in Bangor, as well as the new RNLI Llandudno lifeboat... View Article

Boris Johnson has given final approval for Tottenham Hotspur’s £400m stadium development. The Premier League club will build a new 61,000-seat stadium on the site of its current White Hart Lane ground. The plans include the creation of 585 new homes,... View Article

On Friday 26th February, Housing and Planning Minister Brandon Lewis unveiled a landmark ‘Build to Rent’ housing development in North Acton, West London. The £43.5 million scheme, which is being developed by mid-market specialist developers HUB, is owned and funded... View Article