homes

NPPF: Designs on success?

09.10.2018

Sam Dewar

aesthetics | Design | England | homes | Housing | NPPF | quality

Variety of design and quality of construction should not be sacrificed in the drive to build homes at volume. The new NPPF supports a more 'holistic' approach to both, argues Sam Dewar
TfL must speed up change from landowner to property developer – report

22.06.2017

Simon Wicks

England | homes | housebuilding | Housing | Infrastructure - Transport | London | public land | Transport for London

Transport for London (TfL) needs to accelerate its transition from landowner to property developer if it is to meet its ambitious homebuilding targets, a new report by the London Assembly’s housing committee has stressed.
New measures to boost British housebuilding

16.09.2014

Laura Edgar

Communities Minister | core standards | councils | homes | Housing | red tape | UK

British housebuilders and councils could save £114 million per year as a result of new measures announced by the government.
Eco-town plans submitted

28.08.2014

Marino Donati

bicester | Development Management & Enforcement | homes | Housing | Social infrastructure | South East | zero carbon

Plans for up to 2,600 homes in an ‘eco-town’ at Bicester in Oxfordshire have been submitted.
Permission granted

16.06.2014

Rachel Fisher

Development Management & Enforcement | homes | Housing | Housing | Infrastructure | Local plans | National Housing Federation | Rachel Fisher | Social infrastructure | UK

National politicians of all parties are talking about the need to build more homes.