Digging up the past
Berkeley’s Kidbrooke Village in south east London is an ambitious project, replacing a notorious estate. Suzie Mayes gets an update on the progress and finds o…
Playing the long game on planning
The government has quietly faced down criticism of the National Planning Policy Framework, but will planning inspectors stay calm too, asks PPS’ Stephen Byfield
West End girl
Ben Roskrow meets Taylor Wimpey Central London md Ingrid Skinner to hear about the division’s big plans for 2012
Taking the Red Tape Challenge
Mark Smulian looks at the two initiatives currently underway to ease the red tape burden on the industry. Will they work or are they just fiddling around the e…
Fantastic Four
The four best site managers of 2011 have been crowned at the final of NHBC's Pride in the Job Awards, celebrating exemplary commitment to building quality new …
Flat City
Applications for new build flats are now growing at a faster rate than houses after the recent swing towards family homes. Steve Menary breaks down the figures…
Will Pickles buckle?
Stephen Byfield, managing director of communications consultancy PPS Group, wonders whether the government will buckle under pressure to amend draft planning p…
Developers line up for Get Britain Building Fund
A Glenigan survey for Housebuilder shows that 69,000 homes are stalled in Great Britain. Steve Menary looks at the details of the Get Britain Building Fund whi…
Public land release for new homes
We have had initiatives to release public land for housing development before, and they came to nothing. What is different about the latest plans and will they…
Fever pitch
After highlighting the increased number of claims caused by pitch roof defects earlier this year, NHBC has now overhauled the content of its Standards Chapter …
