All articles by Tom Lowe
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Height 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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Starmer 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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Green 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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Mount 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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Scheme to turn 1980s Southwark office block into student homes gets green light
Job also includes building new community kitchen
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Housing 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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Decision 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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Estate agency founder Kevin Hollinrake appointed shadow housing secretary
Hollinrake has previously criticised Labour’s plans to scrap ‘no fault evictions’
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Plans submitted for 1,200-home Birmingham tower scheme
Simpson Haugh-designed scheme to include buildings up to 49 storeys
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Plans submitted for residential towers next to Manchester United’s Old Trafford stadium
850-home scheme to include blocks up to 25 storeys
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Sutton council picks development partner for 740-home town centre regeneration
Several sites to be redeveloped in second phase of project
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Rayner to be handed nearly £1bn to fund affordable housing drive, according to reports
Housing secretary said to have secured downpayment for multi-year plan to double affordable house building rates
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Green light for 600-home Wembley scheme
Four blocks up to 16 storeys to be built north of Wembley stadium
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Operational living sectors could more than double in value by 2029, says BNP Paribas
Student accomodation, build to rent and later living could balloon over the next five years due to demographic shifts, according to new research
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Plans unveiled for 44-storey Manchester tower
Latest addition to city’s high-rise cluster would include 364 homes
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Plans lodged for 1,500-home regeneration scheme in Woolwich
Proposals by DLA Architecture filed with Greenwich council this week
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Green light for 337-home co-living scheme at Hackney Wick
Two canalside blocks approved by the London Legacy Development Corporation
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Haringey housing scheme redesigned after collapse of main contractor
Henry Construction sank into administration in June 2023