social housing

MPs propose that planning fees should be set locally

27.07.2020

Laura Edgar

The Housing, Communities and Local Government (HCLG) Committee has recommended that the ability to set planning fees should be devolved to local authorities, with a national minimum rate.

O’Brien sets out his stall on social housing

10.07.2020

Roger Milne

Darragh O’Brien | Housing | Ireland | social housing

Darragh O’Brien, Ireland’s new housing and local government minister, used a debate in the Dáil this week to set out his social housing priorities.

Covid-19: Councils call for 100,000 social homes a year to aid recovery

22.06.2020

Laura Edgar

The Local Government Association (LGA) has called for councils to be given the powers to build thousands of ‘desperately needed’ council homes to ‘spearhead’ the recovery from Covid-19.

Northern Ireland round-up: Infrastructure minister details latest budget commitments; Social housing starts dipping

12.06.2020

Roger Milne

cycling | Infrastructure - Transport | Nichola Mallon | Northern Ireland | social housing

A round-up of planning news in Northern Ireland: 6 June-12 June, 2020

Ireland round-up: Boost for major solar farm development; Public participation order extended

15.05.2020

Roger Milne

fast-track planning regime | film | Infrastructure - Energy | Ireland | social housing

A round-up of planning news in Ireland: 9 May-15 May, 2020

West Belfast urban village proposed

15.05.2020

Roger Milne

Housing developer the Braidwater Group has submitted one of the largest residential-led planning applications ever considered by Belfast City Council, with proposals for a new sustainable urban village on the western outskirts of the capital.

Low-rise radical: An interview with Peter Barber

07.05.2020

Matt Moody

Peter Barber designs housing that is economical in its use of space and money, but also liberating in its sociability and concern for the most vulnerable in society. Matt Moody digs into the...

Scheme for 1,000 new homes to go-ahead in Greater Dublin

12.12.2019

Roger Milne

Dublin | Housing | Ireland | social housing

More than 1,000 homes have been approved by An Bord Pleanála for a site in south Dublin in what is set to be the first large-scale housing development on local authority land in more than a decade.

Decline in number of social homes sold in 2018

10.12.2019

Laura Edgar

England | Housing | Right to Buy | social housing

In 2018/19, 19,389 social homes were sold – a 12 per cent decline on the number sold in 2017/18, according to government statistics.

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General election 2019: What the associations want from the next government

09.12.2019

Laura Edgar

The nation goes to the polls this week (12 December), with the issues of Brexit, the NHS, crime and policing, and the environment taking centre stage. But what does the built environment sector want from the next government?

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