Leap in housing applications continues to slow UK supply
Housebuilders are increasingly being forced to apply twice, three times or even more for planning consent on residential schemes - further slowing the supply o…
HBF backs Cooper\'s call for more family housing
Housing minister Yvette Cooper’s call for a return to traditional family housing has been welcomed by the industry.
Bellway\'s low prices pay off
Bellway has announced record pre tax profits for the year to July 31 of £220.7 million, with 58% of the housebuilders planned 2006/07 output already secured.
Homeowners unhappy at high density
Housebuilders should give more thought to the layout of higher density schemes, according to a survey of homeowners.
Housebuilders rewarded for innovation at industry awards
Barratt Developments and Haslam Homes scooped the top prizes at this year’s Housebuilding Innovation Awards 2006, an event celebrating ingenuity and innovation…
Lucky Lovell buyer wins Ashes trip at Housebuilding 2006
Lovell Partnerships buyer and cricket fan Michael Green is set to soar away to Australia this winter to watch the Melbourne and Sydney Ashes tests – courtesy o…
Report failing planning authorites says Cooper
Housebuilders should report failing local planning authorities to the government said housing minister Yvette Cooper.
Cooper prompts PPS3 fears
Housing minister Yvette Cooper has prompted fears that planning policy statement three, due to be published in the autumn, will allow local authorities to \"pr…
DTI figures show private housing orders down
The Department of Trade and Industry’s latest figures for construction sector orders during August show private sector housing orders to August down 5% on the …
Conservatives call for microgeneration technology on new homes
Conservative shadow minister for communities and regeneration, Alistair Burt, has called for a quarter of all new homes to be fitted with microgeneration techn…
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