House Building policy, regulation, planning, technology, product features

Web development

March 1, 2009 Feature

The first port of call for customers looking for a new home is now the internet, not the local paper. So how can you make sure your homes are at the front of t…

Falling short

March 1, 2009 Feature

All but one UK region has suffered a significant decline in planning applications over the past year. Steve Menary looks at the numbers

Big ideas

March 1, 2009 Feature

There are too many one and two bedroom homes on the market, and it is time to switch to larger units. But how do we square this with the density challenges in …

Feeling proud – this year’s Pride in the Job winners

Feb. 1, 2009 Feature

NHBC’s annual Pride in the Job Awards held in January honoured site managers who have demonstrated high levels of professionalism in every aspect of their work…

Taking stock – the Good Homes Alliance questions whether we are on the right path to sustainability

Feb. 1, 2009 Feature

Neil May, chairman of the Good Homes Alliance, argues that government and industry are set on the wrong course to tackle sustainable housebuilding, a course th…

Accolades in Arsenal

Feb. 1, 2009 Feature

The Armouries is the second phase of Berkeley Homes’ Royal Arsenal, a mixed-use regeneration scheme to revive a disused military site in Woolwich, London. Suzi…

Mixed messages

Feb. 1, 2009 Feature

Nick Lomax, md of LCE Architects, talks to Allison Heller about the challenges of designing mixed-use schemes, developing a carbon neutral home and LCE’s desig…

Hank Dittmar interview

Feb. 1, 2009 Feature

Hank Dittmar, chief executive of the Prince’s Foundation, has throughout his working life been a big supporter of timeless but ecological ways of planning and …

Off plan

Feb. 1, 2009 Feature

Planning applications in the UK fell by more than a quarter last year and larger housebuilders are reining in their planning programmes for 2009. Steve Menary …

Carbon Crunch

Feb. 1, 2009 Feature

Whether you build one home a year or 10,000, the new proposed definition of zero carbon homes is going to directly affect you. And, as Ben Roskrow reports, you…

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