Customers and the new policy agenda
The last 12 months have seen a revolution in housing and planning policies, which will have major implications for new home buyers
Slug spin
Crest has been the first to be gunged by selling its £60,000 homes in Buckinghamshire for £175,000
Never the twain
Deterring beaurocracy
Planning reforms inevitably founder in process; timescales must be ruthlessly enforced
The least worst option
The debate about the government’s proposed planning gain supplement (PGS) calls to mind Churchill’s famous comment on democracy: “No one pretends that democra…
Customers come first
Whatever design, technical or construction solutions are devised to produce zero carbon homes, the government’s target of 200,000 zero carbon homes by 2016 wil…
Policy plea
Going green
There is no doubt the threat of global warming has captured the nation’s consciousness
Housebuilding milestones
December 2006 sees a number of major policy milestones on a journey that began almost five years ago
Barker envy
