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Planning application for Fenwick Place submitted to Lambeth Council

Tuesday, 8th September 2020

Homes for Lambeth has submitted a planning application to Lambeth’s Planning Department for Fenwick Place. The application provides 27 new high-quality homes 50% of which will be affordable homes. Fenwick Place forms the second phase of the rebuilding of Fenwick... View Article

Just a door, right? The importance of Fire Door Safety Week 2020

Friday, 4th September 2020

Let’s be honest, like many safety devices, fire doors remain fairly anonymous. We walk past dozens of them everyday – at work, at home and when we’re out and about in shops and restaurants. How many times do you give... View Article

Firestopping of Service Penetrations: A new best practice guide

Thursday, 3rd September 2020

To assist in the design, specification and installation of building services penetrations to ensure fire compartmentation is maintained, five leading not-for-profit organisations have launched a Best Practice Design and Installation Guide, Firestopping of Service Penetrations. The aim of the guide... View Article

KMS appoint Steve Tickle

Wednesday, 2nd September 2020

KMS has appointed Steve Tickle as National Sales Manager. With over 27 years experience in the security industry, predominantly access control Steve has held sales roles at regional, national and international levels over his career. He is experienced in large scale multinational commercial access... View Article

Rent arrears fear for landlords despite pandemic discounts

Tuesday, 1st September 2020

Scotland’s largest landlord membership organisation has warned that despite almost half of landlords offering discounts to tenants affected by Covid-19, arrears are continuing to rise and could reach unsustainable levels unless government takes action to help tenants pay their rent.... View Article

hub South West agrees £12.43m Kilwinning social housing contract with Graham Construction to build 79 new homes on behalf of North Ayrshire Council

Tuesday, 1st September 2020

The fourth of four new innovative housing projects, currently being developed in partnership with North Ayrshire Council, has been agreed with hub South West, the public-private partnership of local authorities, NHS, blue light services and a clutch of leading construction... View Article

Award success for town centre housing development

Friday, 28th August 2020

The development of the former White Lion pub in Stockport town centre has scooped a top gong at a regional awards ceremony. The joint entry from Stockport Council and Trafford Housing Trust took the top prize in the ‘Best Change... View Article

Radical planning reforms set to be unveiled

Tuesday, 25th August 2020

A people-focused planning system where land will be zoned as ripe for development, or renewal, is to be unveiled later this week. Housing secretary Robert Jenrick wrote in yesterday’s Sunday Telegraph his reforms would offer a faster and simpler system... View Article

Industry takes key step towards modern home building methods

Monday, 24th August 2020

Industry leaders have agreed a key step towards insuring and mortgaging new homes built using Modern Methods of Construction (MMC), Housing Minister Christopher Pincher has announced. Warranty providers have signed a Memorandum of Understanding agreeing to take meaningful steps towards... View Article

Thousands of private renters made homeless as pandemic unfolds, which Shelter warns is just the beginning

Monday, 24th August 2020

The government has released new figures on homelessness in England today. They show that between January and March 2020: A quarter (25%) of households (19,160) who were facing homelessness and applied to their local council for assistance were renting from... View Article

£9.5m programme to reduce housing’s carbon footprint

Friday, 21st August 2020

A new programme worth up to £9.5m million will reduce the carbon footprint of existing social housing in Wales, make energy bills more manageable for residents and provide new job and training opportunities. The Optimised Retrofit Programme (ORP), part of... View Article

Architecture students design affordable housing for Grampian residents

Tuesday, 18th August 2020

Students from Robert Gordon University’s Scott Sutherland School of Architecture have designed a series of small, affordable houses as part of a project with Grampian Housing Association. The students were tasked with creating three types of accommodation to cater for... View Article

Curo to deliver first Passivhaus homes in B&NES

Friday, 14th August 2020

Housing association and housebuilder Curo are on track to delivering the first ultra energy efficient homes in Bath & North East Somerset this autumn. Curo are building four Passivhaus-certified houses at their 700-home Mulberry Park development in Combe Down, Bath.... View Article

Redrow apartments acquired by Leeds and Yorkshire Housing Association

Friday, 14th August 2020

Luxury apartments for the over 55s built at Redrow’s The Hawthorns in Leeds are due to be acquired by Leeds and Yorkshire Housing Association (LYHA) for social and intermediate rent later this year. A total of 12 one and two-bedroom... View Article

Planning experts brand this “Large scale centralisation of the planning system, and the biggest shift away from localism in a generation”

Wednesday, 12th August 2020

Claire Petricca-Riding and Nicola Gooch of Irwin Mitchell Solicitors welcome the opportunity to discuss and re-invigorate the planning system in England. We have recently seen the introduction of the ‘Planning for the Future’ white paper which sets out the ‘building... View Article

Planning reforms could slow house building in England if not adequately resourced, warns RTPI

Friday, 7th August 2020

The Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) has called for cast-iron guarantees from government that its radical proposals to overhaul the planning system in England will deliver affordable homes, meet net-zero carbon targets and address societal inequalities. Responding to Planning for... View Article

CIOB expresses concern over quality in Government’s PDR White Paper

Friday, 7th August 2020

The Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) has responded to the Government’s White Paper Planning for the Future – outlining reforms to the country’s planning system. While the overarching drive for policy change is to deliver additional housing, there are clear... View Article

Royal Town Planning Institute response to government’s proposed planning reforms

Thursday, 6th August 2020

The chief executive of the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) has responded to the publication of the government’s planning reforms, as detailed in its policy paper Planning for the Future: Victoria Hills, chief executive of the Royal Town Planning Institute... View Article

Rental growth in London tumbles in response to COVID-19

Wednesday, 5th August 2020

Average rents across the UK dipped by -0.3% in June, and by -0.8% in Q2, taking the annual growth in UK rents to +1.1%, down from +1.7% a year ago. However, a two-speed market has emerged between London and the... View Article

LGA responds to proposed ‘automatic’ planning reforms

Monday, 3rd August 2020

Responding to the Government’s proposed planning reforms, Local Government Association Chairman, Cllr James Jamieson said: “While we await the details of these planning proposals, it is vital that any reforms provide the right protections so residents have the power to... View Article