MAY 2017

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In this issue

Family affair

We talk to William Davis md Guy Higgins about the Leicestershire-based family business

Planning reforms

What did the Housing White Paper hold for the planning system?

Proven products

The winners of the Housebuilder Product Awards 2017

Part M

NHBC senior area technical manager Steve Evans looks at revisions to Part M – Access to Dwellings

Water works

A look at systems – such as SuDS – that mitigate flooding on site

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HMI sees brighter outlook but many challenges

This year’s Housing Market Intelligence Conference was conducted against a more positive backdrop than a year ago. But, as speakers showed, there are myriad issues for the new pro-housing government – and industry - to contend with. Suzie Mayes reports

Reversing the decline of SME housebuilders

Industry veteran Edwin de Silva has been supporting SME housebuilders for some time. He talks to Suzie Mayes about his latest work

The Interview Philip Jenkins, Peabody

Philip Jenkins is executive director, development of Peabody, Housebuilder’s Medium housebuilder of the year. He talks to Suzie Mayes about the housing association’s merger with Catalyst, the power of estate regeneration and what he wants from government

Savvy sustainable housebuilding

While the industry waits for clarity on upcoming regulations, Suzie Mayes explores how housebuilders are responding to the environmental agenda, tackling carbon reduction, biodiversity and water saving