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News in brief: Combined authority seeks developers of brownfield housing sites; Birmingham to draw up tree plan

23.03.2021

Laura Edgar

A round-up of planning: Tuesday 23 March, 2021

Meanwhile – a fresh idea to relieve the housing shortage

16.09.2020

Mark Wiseman

Sites awaiting permanent development needn't lie empty, says Mark Wiseman. Modern methods of construction enable their 'meanwhile' use as temporary housing for those in need

In a new light: An interview with Mark Southgate

08.07.2020

Serena Ralston

Housebuilding in the UK is stuck in the past, Mark Southgate tells Serena Ralston. What’s needed is a revolution

England round-up: Small decline in planning applications granted; Recommendations published to help Isle of Wight regeneration

27.09.2019

Laura Edgar

A round-up of planning news in England: 21 September-27 September, 2019

Extraspace Solutions awarded £40m modular housing contract

02.05.2019

Prithvi Pandya

Heritage | London | modular housing | place

PLACE, a not-for-profit organisation, has awarded Extraspace Solutions a £40 million contract to deliver 200 modular homes by 2021 for homeless Londoners.

Ireland round-up: Dublin deploys emergency measures for first modular new-build project; Skills shortage fears for major projects

08.03.2019

Roger Milne

Dublin City Council | Heritage | Ireland | modular housing | skills shortage

A round-up of planning news in Ireland: 2 March-8 March, 2019

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Dublin deploys emergency measures for first modular new-build project

08.03.2019

Roger Milne

Dublin | Ireland | modular housing | Policy & Politics

Dublin City Council has confirmed to The Planner that it is using emergency powers contained in Irish planning legislation to deliver the capital’s first development of prefabricated modular housing.

City of Wolverhampton Council's modular housing pilot / press release

Wolverhampton constructs council homes offsite

25.01.2018

Laura Edgar

council housing | Housing | modular housing | West Midlands | wolverhampton

The first of the City of Wolverhampton Council’s council homes to have been constructed offsite will be dropped into place at Fallings Park at the end of this month.

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Government adviser urges new focus on modular housing

20.11.2017

Huw Morris

The government must focus on modular housing and put more energy into encouraging offsite manufacturing or risk making the construction skills crisis worse, says a government adviser.