All Policy articles – Page 76
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NewsScottish government acts on planning disruption
Move to extend planning permissions in response to covid-19 will increase pressure on UK government to do likewise
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NewsMinisters consider calls to help industry post-covid-19
Housebuilders lobbying for extension to length of existing planning permissions and Help to Buy boost
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NewsSafety fears as repair work stops on Bellway fire block
MP calls on housing secretary to intervene as Bellway staff down tools at Barking Riverside scheme amid covid-19 crisis
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NewsConstruction lockdown could last six months
Deputy chief medical officer speaks after publication of government guidance on construction sites
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CommentA long road back from here
Four days on from the PM’s ‘lockdown’ announcement and the industry is on its back. Keeping hold of staff will be vital to recovery.
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NewsFormer Tory MP appointed special advisor on Grenfell
Boris Johnson stands down Grenfell taskforce and gives Nick Hurd key role
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NewsRedrow to furlough staff and start closing all sites
Housebuilder to shut sites with immediate effect while seeking government-backed loans to support it through shutdown
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NewsChancellor unveils support package for self-employed
But Rishi Sunak warns self-employed: ’We must all pay in equally in future’
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NewsWork on sites should continue, construction minister says
Nadhim Zahawi urges firms to follow social distancing guidelines – but builders say this is practically impossible
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NewsLondon mayor calls for emergency measures to support house building
Sadiq Khan asks for faster access to cash to support capital’s housing sector
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NewsBerkeley defies pressure to close sites but Bellway admits defeat
London housebuilder says it can keep sites safe, while Bellway performs U-turn and announces sites will close by Friday
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In FocusCoronavirus: How are housebuilders responding?
Updated 27.03.20: Firms responsible for building over 85,000 new homes last year are to shut sites
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NewsPersimmon, Countryside and McCarthy & Stone down tools
Stop on construction follows Barratt and Taylor Wimpey decision, while Unite Group says it will continue to build
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NewsL&Q suspends sites for at least three weeks
Move follows Barratt and Taylor Wimpey's decision to close sites
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NewsGovernment tells councils to use delegated powers to take planning decisions
Chief planners says officials can take planning decisions ‘where appropriate’ to stave off covid-19-induced gridlock
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NewsUK’s biggest housebuilder shuts all sites
Barratt announces it will close all 400 sites as Taylor Wimpey chief sets out reasons for also shutting down
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NewsTaylor Wimpey closes all sites
No 3 housebuilder takes action following government-imposed lockdown
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NewsConstruction can continue, Gove tells BBC
Ministers at odds with industry figures over wisdom of keeping sites open
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NewsCouncil chief ‘to decide planning applications’
Councillors in Manchester to debate proposal designed to stop coronavirus causing planning gridlock
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NewsNo clarity on building sites as PM orders public lockdown
Police will enforce ban on all public gatherings of more than two people