Will new towns solve Britain’s housing problem? Only if barriers to delivery are properly addressed, writes Victoria du Croz, partner and head of planning at Forsters
When engaged from the start of a project, a structural warranty partner such as ICW becomes a strategic asset, offering the technical insight and risk management needed to streamline the development.
Real estate developer Dominvs Group has received planning permission to build a 644-bed purpose-built student housing scheme in Holburn, which will deliver urgently needed accommodation in the heart of central London.
National Highways, alongside Kier and Connected Places Catapult, have launched an innovations competition to trial three pioneering ideas that will tackle graffiti alongside roads and on bridges.
Construction will begin on Longshaw Drive a large-scale low energy residential development in Salford, designed in consultation with Pozzoni Architecture.
Rob Clay-Parker, director at Leeds-based property developer support provider Consult 44, shares his thoughts on the challenges facing the construction industry in 2022.
Embedding Social Value into business operations is critical to delivering more value in communities, supporting businesses in meeting their own sustainability goals and rebuilding trust in the real estate industry, explains Guy Battle, CEO, Social Value Portal.
Kier has been appointed by North Somerset Council and the Cabot Learning Federation to deliver a new £30.5m sustainable expansion for Winterstoke Hundred Academy in Weston-Super-Mare.
Wates have expanded their business in the Southwest with their new sustainable hybrid office Newbury HQ, with a recruitment drive that will boost jobs in the local area.
Plans set out in the Levelling Up White Paper has revealed a new government regeneration scheme for derelict sites in towns and city centres, to create new homes, jobs and communities across England.
Contractor GMI Construction Group PLC celebrate the topping out of the new £52m office development at Thorpe Park Leeds, by installing the final steelwork.
Independent experts have warned of chronic industrial land shortage and inflated rent prices in the capital, in a new Industrial Land Commission report.
During a time when the entire sector is facing challenges, partnerships can help ease the load, reduce risk and ultimately lead to a better impact on housing targets, says Gracewood Group’s Charles Pear.
Planning policy must adapt to the shifting need for working from home space, says Philip Barnes, group land and planning director at Barratt Developments.
A new House of Lords Built Environment Committee report calls for government action on planning, SMEs and barriers to housebuilding for the elderly to address the UK's housing crisis. Committee chair Baroness Neville-Rolfe DBE CMG discusses its conclusions.
