All articles by Tom Lowe
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NewsPlans drawn up for 2,300-bed student accommodation scheme in Manchester
Replacement of existing 1990s accommodation to contain two towers up to 30 storeys
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NewsExeter council approves plans for 1,000 homes on run down canalside site
Nash Partnership behind city’s largest brownfield mixed-use scheme
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NewsBerkeley granted approval for 357-home Fulham towers scheme
Plans for homes at former gasworks site signed off after second staircase redesign
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In Focus'This is a growth story’… How Network Rail plans to become one of the UK’s biggest housebuilders
The transport operator’s group property director talks about the ‘new mindset’ at Network Rail – and why the country’s biggest owner of brownfield land is taking an assertive role in redevelopment projects on its sites
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NewsPlans approved for 300-home scheme in Ealing
Ealing Council’s £125m Gurnell development will include eight main housing blocks rising to a maximum of ten storeys,
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NewsRIBA calls for ‘consequential improvements’ in existing single staircase towers
Institute wants more stringent safety regulations in non-residential buildings in its full response to Grenfell Inquiry report
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NewsPersimmon spent £60m on building safety remediation last year
Housebuilder has now spent £120m on safety works with 30% of remediation jobs still yet to start
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NewsGreenwich scheme handed demolition order can stay with design changes, Planning Inspectorate rules
Developer Comer Homes has three years to remove orange cladding and must pay nearly £7m to council
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NewsDeveloper switches Canada Water scheme to housing as London office market slumps
Plans for 26-storey tower and neighbouring block altered
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NewsPlans for 44-storey Manchester tower sent in to city council
Latest addition to city’s high-rise cluster would include 364 homes
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NewsHeight of planned Battersea tower reduced by five storeys as 1,500 objections hit scheme
Second height reduction takes scheme down to 28 storeys and removes 60 homes compared to original proposal
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NewsStarmer defends ‘too ambitious’ 1.5m homes target
Prime minister re-commits to housebuilding target in set piece speech, saying ‘brave’ action is necessary to drive bold action
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NewsGreen light for 7,000-home Edinburgh city extension
Local developer Drum Property Group’s £2bn scheme granted unanimous approval by council
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NewsMount Anvil seeks to double size of Camden estate regeneration sceheme
Housebuilder to triple size of towers as it replaces lead architect Karakusevic Carson with Pollard Thomas Edwards.
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NewsScheme to turn 1980s Southwark office block into student homes gets green light
Job also includes building new community kitchen
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NewsHousing design advisory body Office for Place to be shut down, Pennycook announces
Interim chair Nicholas Boys Smith said move to scrap body risks ministers “marking their own homework” on housing design
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NewsDecision on Woolwich towers scheme demolition order expected by end of next month
Comer Homes’ 200-home site in Woolwich was handed enforcement notice last year after breaching planning permission
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NewsEstate agency founder Kevin Hollinrake appointed shadow housing secretary
Hollinrake has previously criticised Labour’s plans to scrap ‘no fault evictions’
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NewsPlans submitted for 1,200-home Birmingham tower scheme
Simpson Haugh-designed scheme to include buildings up to 49 storeys