Project Articles

A new canal side development of 234 new homes, intended to be rented out, and six, ground-floor commercial units, has been granted planning permission today in Edinburgh. New Fountainbridge has been shaped around a network of streets, private courtyards and... View Article

Skillcrown, South-East London’s leading property developer has secured a development contract to deliver 86 one-, two- and three- bedroom apartments in Bermondsey. Working together with Housing Association, Optivo, the £18.5million project for Affordable Rent tenure will be built ranging in... View Article

A proposed new housing settlement on the outskirts of York has increased its affordable allocation from 30% to 40% which could mean the delivery of over 700 new homes for low income families within an imminent timescale. The announcement comes... View Article

The Mayor of London has been challenged to open a new era in house building as Ealing’s first 100% affordable residential tower is turned in for planning approval.  Developer Southern Grove says ‘55 West’ — which would be Ealing’s tallest... View Article

The biggest council house building programme in Aberdeen in more than half a century took another major step forward today as plans progressed for 283 new homes. First Endeavour LLP is set to deliver the housing units at Wellheads Road... View Article

Leading housebuilders, Linden Homes and Miller Homes have completed a land purchase to deliver 750 new homes in Chichester, in a joint acquisition. The new partnership, which will deliver Part 1 of the wider Whitehouse Farm development, received outline planning... View Article

The long reigning pull of suburban living has been surpassed by a growing demand for urban living, once again. Since 2001 there has been a 40 per cent rise in the number of people living in city centres.* Urban dwellers... View Article

A Lincolnshire-based housebuilder is helping to meet local demand by ensuring its homes fulfil the needs of older and disabled people. Chestnut Homes is building selected properties which have been increased in size to meet higher building regulations for accessible... View Article

Important plans which will define one of the largest areas of Ebbsfleet Garden City have been approved. Ebbsfleet Development Corporation’s Planning Committee approved masterplans and design codes for the villages of Ashmere and Alkerden. Up to 4,600  homes will be... View Article

Construction work at a new housing development is nearing completion as a new community of residents continues to form in Rogerstone. Bellway Wales is putting the finishing touches to the final homes at Sovereign Chase, off Tregwilym Road, a scheme... View Article

Hundreds of new homes are closer to becoming a reality after work got underway on the latest phase of regeneration in Pennywell. Set to complete in 2021, Pennywell Phase 3 is part of a wider housing regeneration project in the... View Article

Countryside, one of the UK’s leading home builders, and L&Q, one of the UK’s leading housing associations, marked the beginning of construction at the 3,000-home Beam Park regeneration site in East London with a groundbreaking ceremony that was attended by... View Article

A 140-home regeneration scheme in Birmingham is set to get off the ground after Cedar Invest received a £21million investment to complete the development. Named The Forge Digbeth, the five-storey development comprises a mix of one and two-bedroom luxury apartments,... View Article

Construction has begun on 91 homes at Mackie Village on Ury Estate, by FMR Construction for Hillcrest Housing Association. Local stakeholders including Andrew Bowie MP, Cllr Sarah Dickinson and Cllr Sandy Wallace joined Andrew Rae from FM Construction and Angela... View Article

Couch Perry Wilkes (CPW) has been appointed as the main mechanical, electrical and plumbing consultant on a unique new council housing development in Hackney, which will see an old boiler house transformed to create sympathetic new housing for the area.... View Article