All articles by Tom Lowe – Page 2
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Reeves promises ‘shovels in the ground’ in Labour party conference address
Chancellor tells Labour conference there will be no return to austerity despite funding pressures
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Regal to increase numbers of homes in proposed 24-storey block to make scheme viable
Developer plans to increase homes from 184 to 236 and sell them on the market
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‘We will deliver a generational shift’… Why the Grenfell Inquiry report means another building safety shake-up
Keir Starmer wants his government’s response to the tragedy to mark a defining moment in the safety and quality of housing in the UK. Is the construction industry prepared for it?
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Grenfell Inquiry final report to be published at 11am today
Survivors and the bereaved to hear inquiry’s long-awaited findings on the causes of the fire that killed 72 people seven years ago
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Labour overturns previous government’s rejection of controversial 350-home Cockfosters scheme
TfL and Grainger plan to build four blocks on grade II-listed underground station’s car park
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Tributes paid as former London deputy mayor Nicky Gavron dies aged 82
Gavron was influential in the early development of the London Plan
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The Grenfell Inquiry’s final report: what to look out for
The Grenfell Inquiry will present its conclusions next Wednesday more than seven years after the fire. Here’s a summary of the evidence the inquiry chairman Sir Martin Moore-Bick has had to unpick
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Plans for five new tower blocks in Manchester get green light
Developer Renaker gains approval to build 2,388 homes
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1,300-home Westferry Printworks scheme approved for the third time
Council gives backing to Isle of Dogs development four years after it was engulfed in a political scandal
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Home Group slams ISG claims of £7.7m unpaid bill as ‘spurious’
Housing association says it has acted “in accordance with contract terms” and is confident of winning case in High Court
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Housebuilder sets out plan to build 400 homes on abbatoir site next to Manchester City's stadium
Kellen Homes and Great Places file application to demolish buildings on 18-acre site
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Home Group taken to High Court by contractor over alleged £7.7m unpaid bill
Dispute relates to payment relating to two blocks built in Watford, Hertfordshire
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Plans submitted for 700-home Chelmsford town centre regeneration scheme
Proposals for Essex town include 762 riverside homes on the site of a shopping centre
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Birmingham City Council approves 462-home build-to-rent tower next to grade II-listed villas
Moda Living and Calthorpe Estates get approval for 37-storey scheme despite Historic England objection
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Brent Council gets green light for 247-home regeneration scheme
Scheme will replace 18-storey tower with five lower rise buildings
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Fresh 306-home plan unveiled in revamp of 1920s Wolverhampton department store
Property investor Eden Property Group plans to redevelop the fromer Beatties store building in Wolverhamption
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Hackitt’s golden thread guidance on digitalisation ignored by most product manufacturers, CLC report finds
More than 90% of product manufacturers do not see digitalisation as a ‘major concern’
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933-home Salford scheme approved
Crescent Innovation scheme to include 25 development plots with buildings up to 11 storeys in height
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Plans submitted for 3,300-home redevelopment of Edgware town centre
Ballymore and Places for London table £1.7bn plan for shopping centre site
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Does Roger De Haan’s Folkestone housing scheme deserve so much criticism?
Former Saga owner’s luxury Shoreline Crescent scheme has been completed following a string of headlines about its lack of affordable housing. Tom Lowe tours the building and is impressed by what he finds