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Top 25

Sept. 1, 2005

[MMC-IMG=1818-A=Left] Britain’s top 25 housebuilders between them build no more than 100,000 homes a year, more than 70% of which are on brownfield sites. Thes…

Getting nowhere fast

Sept. 1, 2005

Detailed research on the planning system, carried out for this year’s Housing Market Intelligence Report, reveals that "tricky" planning applications are being…

Rapid rising

Sept. 1, 2005

The acquisition of Country && Metropolitan has projected Gladedale closer to its target of building more than 6,000 homes a year. Steve Menary talks to founder…

Smooth scaling

Sept. 1, 2005

Brian Green looks at how Britain’s biggest housebuilders performed in 2004, assessing how they have adapted to the onset of more challenging market conditions …

Introduction

Sept. 1, 2005

Don’t mess up

Sept. 1, 2005

[MMC-IMG=1805-A=Left] Peter Nelson, md of the land and property division of Cofton, which buys, remediates and sells on contaminated sites, offers his perspect…

Keeping it clean

Sept. 1, 2005

[MMC-IMG=1804-A=Left] Susan Hawker and Philip Matthews at commercial law firm Wedlake Bell explain the implications of a recent High Court case, which exposes …

Dishing the dirt

Sept. 1, 2005

[MMC-IMG=1806-A=Left] Clive Barnwell, director of land remediation specialist Vertase, offers some advice on how housebuilders can benefit from carefully plann…

Dirty minded

Sept. 1, 2005

As housebuilders focus on brownfield sites to provide development opportunities, the challenges and legal complexities of remediation have come to the fore. Ti…

Biomassive

Sept. 1, 2005

[MMC-IMG=1798-A=Left] In line with this month’s sustainability focus, Steve Menary visits Titanic Mills, Lowry Renaissance’s mill redevelopment in Huddersfield…