All articles by Tom Lowe – Page 7
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NewsMorrell products testing review calls for sweeping reforms
Landmark report recommends bringing all construction materials on market into scope of new regulator
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NewsMcLaren appointed to build 188-home Acton scheme
Three-block development to include 71 passivhaus homes
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NewsKingspan, Celotex and Arconic settle civil claims with 900 people affected by Grenfell
Three firms which manufactured tower’s combustible cladding system among firms to pay an undisclosed sum to bereaved, survivors and residents
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NewsCountryside and Guinness pair up to build £400m Kingston scheme
Tolworth site to include 700 homes as the second phase of the Signal Park development
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NewsSmall housing scheme starts plummet as inflation fears resurface
Starts for projects valued at £100m or less fell by nearly half in the first quarter of 2023, study finds
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NewsLandsec latest developer to be caught out by second staircase rule
Developer forced to redesign 1,800-home Camden scheme following London mayor’s fire safety ruling
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NewsConstruction bodies call on Gove to lower second staircase threshold to 18m
The RIBA also says all existing blocks above 18m with single staircases should be refurbished with evacuation lifts
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NewsHAs and councils share £1.4bn housing retrofit funding
Government claims 115,000 homes across England will benefit
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NewsSecond staircase rule forces Westminster council to redesign 1,100-home regeneration scheme
Marylebone scheme the latest to be redrawn following new fire safety ruling in London
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NewsBerkeley to shift towards low-rise build if single staircase ban goes ahead
Developer says fire safety rules will put high rise schemes awaiting planning “back to square one”
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NewsSocial housing architect Peter Tábori dies aged 83
Hungarian-born architect best known for his work at Camden council in the 1960s and 70s
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NewsBerkeley increases height of towers in scheme previously refused for being too tall
Developer Berkeley seeking approval from Sadiq Khan for three taller, but slimmed down towers in Paddington up to 39 storeys in height
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NewsLeeds housebuilder wins approval for 115 homes
Darton scheme to be built on site of former coal mine
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NewsMcLaren lodges plans for 464-home build-to-rent scheme in Leeds
Mixed-use scheme would be latest addition to growing cluster of tall buildings in the city’s west end
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NewsLondon mayor mandates second staircases in blocks above 30m ‘with immediate effect’
All planning applications must include the fire safety measure before going to the Greater London Authority for stage 2 approval
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NewsPlans for 700-home timber development unveiled
Developer Human Nature submits application for ‘largest timber development in the UK’
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NewsCouncil appoints designers for 150-home former gasworks scheme
Arup and Fletcher Priest to draw up Folkestone project to run alongside grade II-listed Victorian viaduct
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NewsWest Oxford regeneration plans submitted
Oxpens scheme includes 234 flats, student housing and new public amphitheatre
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NewsHousebuilding activity falls by the fastest rate since first covid lockdown
Purchasing managers’ survey says residential workloads have dropped for the first time since August
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NewsRenowned housing architect John Thompson dies aged 78
Pioneer of community architecture died at the end of December after a long illness