housebuilding

Global property investment company Hines and APG have submitted fast-track proposals for the next phase of their redevelopment of the Player Wills site in Dublin, with 732 new homes and two new parks proposed.

Planners and developers have long suspected there is a silent majority in favour of housing development. Huw Morris looks at findings from a national survey of social attitudes.

The government’s target to build 300,000 homes a year by the mid-2020s is ‘jeopardised’ by ‘inherent problems’ in the planning system, says the Public Accounts Committee (PAC).