All Housing articles
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Features
At HTA Design, they are building the case for better housing
Ben Flatman visited HTA Design’s east London studio to hear how one of the UK’s most experienced housing practices is responding to today’s complex challenges
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News
Key appointments at Gleeson Homes are ‘statement of intent’
Firm’s chief executive says changes are part of strategic initiative launched last year
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News
Plans in for 2,300-home redevelopment of former GSK headquarters
Howarth Tompkins, dRMM, Studio Egret West and Metropolitan Workshop collaborating on 13-acre scheme
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News
Plans to replace Blackfriars Crown Court with 600-bed student resi scheme
Previous proposals would have retained 1950s building and created an ‘urban forest’ on its roof
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Features
The housing sector was happy with the spending review – but lack of transport investment could scupper its delivery in London
After setting out a vision for development centred on public transit links, the mayor of London came out of the spending review empty handed. Can London build 88,000 homes a year without new infrastructure? Daniel Gayne reports.
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News
Homes England’s £122m investment in 1,100-home Newcastle brownfield scheme approved
Package will pay to fix complex land issues that have kept site derelict for decades
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News
Modular housing prototype showcased at City Hall
Offsite solution by RCKa, Rollalong, Wates exhibited outside mayor’s office amd later installed in Havering
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BB Partnership gets consent for 800 student beds in Brent after redrawing scrapped housing scheme
Cricklewood proposal replaces 238-home scheme approved in 2023
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Vita Group tables plans for co-living scheme at Glasgow’s Met Tower
Developer acquires landmark site following scrapping of Bruntwood Scitech office scheme
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Vistry snaps up former Rugeley Power Station site with plans for 2,300 homes
Staffordshire land granted outline permission for 139-acre mixed-use scheme in 2020
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Features
Who is Amy Rees? All you need to know about new Homes England chief
MHCLG’s pick to lead the government’s delivery agency came out of left field. So what do we know about the new quango boss? And what does her appointment tell us about Homes England’s future?
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News
Revenue and completions up at Persimmon but profit blunted by CMA payment
Voluntary contribution to affordable housing sees pre-tax profit remain steady in half-years
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News
Urban Splash and Igloo picked for Liverpool’s Festival Gardens regeneration scheme
Development partners form JV to lead 27-acre scheme
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Plans unveiled for 50-storey residential tower set to be Wales’ tallest building
Cardiff scheme replaces existing consent for 35-storey tower designed by Scott Brownrigg
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Comment
Building safety reform was essential, but there’s lots more work still to do
It was supposed to act as an enabler of safer housing, not an unintended barrier to progress. Here’s how we can make the Building Safety Act work better, says Lee Powell
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Features
How will government amendments to the Planning and Infrastructure Bill impact development?
Plans to water down environmental protections have been tweaked in an effort to stem another backbench Labour revolt. Two lawyers on either side of the debate give their views on the implications for development as the bill works its way through Parliament
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News
Green light for AHMM’s Elephant & Castle student resi block
Plans for 500 student beds on Jewsons site signed off this week
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Features
Nansledan: can design codes and long-term stewardship deliver better housing?
Mary Richardson visits Nansledan, the Duchy of Cornwall’s urban extension to Newquay in Cornwall. While its traditional architecture divides opinion, she finds that the project raises important questions about planning and designing new housing at scale
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Comment
A year after the general election, what progress are we making towards 1.5 million homes?
Today (Friday) marks a year since Labour won a historic landslide in the general election. Paul Smith assesses how the government has fared against its key housing delivery pledge
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Information - Building
CPD 08 2025: Understanding and identifying grey belt land
As pressure mounts to deliver new housing and infrastructure in England, the Green Belt – long considered sacrosanct – is once again at the centre of planning debate