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The latest news, features, comment and analysis of the UK housebuilding market covering policy, regulation, planning, technology, new developments and products

John Stewart

Objectives Overload

June 1, 2006 Comment

The planning system ultimately has only one tool at its disposal, granting or refusing planning permission. Not surprisingly, planners struggle to deliver th…

Neighbourly nightmares

June 1, 2006 Comment

The thing that puzzles me about this survey is how so many of us manage to hate our neighbours

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June 1, 2006 Comment

As the prospect of climate change and dwindling oil supplies pervades the popular consciousness, it will increasingly affect the day-to-day operations of house…

Household drama

May 1, 2006 Comment

The government’s latest household projections indicate that we are approaching a collision between nimbies and those with the will to drive up housebuilding l…

John Stewart

Land for housing

May 1, 2006 Comment

If the industry is to hit the government’s housebuilding target, central and local government and local communities are going to have to face up to the need t…

Viewpoint

April 1, 2006 Comment

The ODPM’s latest announcements have been worded in a manner that implies it is taking a harder line with the industry