All Housing Delivery articles – Page 20
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NewsVistry subsidiary Countryside selected to deliver £276m GLA scheme in north London
The 739-home scheme will be delivered at a former police training centre in Barnet
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NewsCrest Nicholson CEO to step down as profit slumps
Housebuilder appoints Persimmon chief operating officer Martyn Clark as new chief executive after “disappointing” set of results
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NewsPlanning delays biggest barrier to growth, say SME housebuilders
Planning delays have been cited by small housebuilders as the biggest barrier to growth they face. A survey of hundreds of smaller builders, published today by the Home Builders Federation, Travis Perkins and Close Brothers Property Finance, shows 93% of SMEs believe delays to securing planning permission is a “major ...
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NewsSNG issues £400m bond as it aims to build 25,000 homes over the next 10 years
The funding has been raised under SNG’s sustainable finance framework
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NewsSouth Cambridgeshire and Hill Group get green light for 256-home passivhaus scheme
The scheme will provide 72 affordable-rent homes designed using Passivhaus principles
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CommentWhy now is the time to boost timber construction
Timber is crucial in the journey towards net zero and the governmen’s timber in construction roadmap should just be the start, writes Simon Vernon-Harcourt.
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NewsManchester City Council approves proposals for over 5,000 new student beds
After decisions on a 3,300-bed University of Manchester scheme, and two other schemes providing 737 and 983 beds were deferred last month, planning has now been granted
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NewsPersimmon appoints new MD to run its Cornwall and West Devon business
Andy Hill, who was previously the division’s acting managing director, has been made permanent
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NewsFive-yearly Local Plan review requirement ‘not operating effectively’, says Lichfields
Only 7% of local authorities studied updated their local plan following statutory review
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NewsRiverside names Paul Dolan as new chief executive
Dolan will replace current chief executive Carol Matthews in May this year
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NewsBerkeley gets approval for 27-storey north London tower
Latest phase of Hornsey Gasworks regeneration will deliver 377 homes and a new public square
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CommentGove’s plan to speed up planning decisions could have unintended consequences
Rather than procedural change to drive the illusion of improvement, we should completely re-assess what planners need to be doing, argues Paul Smith
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NewsMayor of London labels Gove’s London Plan Review a ‘desperate political stunt’
Results of the review yet to be released
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CommentA flurry of policy announcements and a general election: why housing is set for a busy 2024
Barratt boss David Thomas explains what he wants to see from the shifting policy landscape over the next 12 months
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NewsRise in proportion of housing associations reporting higher completions
Latest exclusive Housing Today boardroom data published today
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NewsRochdale Boroughwide Housing hires ex-Swan director as interim finance boss
Jeremy Vickers has been appointed as RBH’s new interim director of finance and development
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NewsGovernment should create £4bn Housing Accelerator Fund, says Housing Forum
The fund would deliver 60,000 new affordable rented homes and more than halve homelessness
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NewsVistry says operating profit ‘exceeded expectations’ as it announces board changes
Firm agrees cost reductions on all existing and future contracts
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NewsPrivate housing output drops faster than any other construction sector
Bad weather deepens construction’s output slump
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NewsNHF calls for social housing development funding overhaul
New NHF long-term plan says that government funding rules currently act against investment in social housing