Housing delivery

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The new NPPF – why planning is becoming harder and less predictable

The value of more permissive policies are limited when the system is in flux. We need a system with clear rules and predictable processes, argues Paul Smith

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Home Group increases surplus despite drop in turnover

Shared ownership income falls and market sale revenue halves as provider pivots to reduce market exposure

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We cannot plan for 1.5 million homes without planning for water

Water scarcity should be a catalyst for better infrastructure planning, not another barrier to delivery, argues Lisa Cook

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UK Design Capital of the year: How Cardiff is rethinking its industrial heritage to drive regeneration

In the last of our UK Design Capital series, Joey Gardiner looks at how Cardiff has used placemaking to rebuild its future after a potentially existential decline with the collapse of the coal and steel industries