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The government must make a step-change in policies for decarbonising the UK’s existing housing stock as part of a resilient recovery from Covid-19.

Draft guidance for the measurement of land, which would become global best practice for the consistent calculation of land measurement and associated metrics, has been published for consultation.

Brexit is taking an increasing toll on the UK housing market, which has declined to its weakest level in six years, according to surveyors.

Research has suggested that office-to-residential conversions under permitted development rules produce a higher number of poor-quality homes than applications that go through the full planning process.