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Wates Wildscape: Reimagining the balance between housing and habitats

Wednesday, 29th October 2025

Turning BNG from Burden to Opportunity As England accelerates plans to deliver 1.5 million new homes by 2029, developers face a difficult challenge: balancing the demand for housing with the urgent need to restore our natural environment. Wates Land and... View Article

Ventilated fibre cement rainscreen cladding ‘Design Principles and Project Integration’

Wednesday, 29th October 2025

Specifying rainscreen cladding is a perpetual challenge for architects, balancing aesthetic goals, functional performance and regulatory compliance. Modern fibre cement rainscreen cladding systems should comply and exceed strict fire safety regulations, ensure proper ventilation to manage moisture and condensation, and... View Article

Design for NHBC compliance – future-proof your projects

Wednesday, 29th October 2025

With over 40 years of industry expertise, wedi continues to set the standard for waterproofing, insulation, and energy-efficient solutions in wet rooms and bathrooms. By simplifying specification and ensuring full NHBC compliance, wedi products allow architects and specifiers to focus... View Article

Comprehensive solutions

Wednesday, 29th October 2025

Mike Vaczi from SOPREMA UK explores how working with roofing providers who can deliver a ‘comprehensive’ offer means better outcomes for landlords, via integrated solutions. Housing providers face mounting pressures to deliver quality homes while managing increasingly tight budgets and... View Article

RG+P elevates its talent with ten new promotions

Tuesday, 28th October 2025

Multi-disciplinary design practice, rg+p Ltd has announced it has made a series of promotions, rewarding ten members of staff with new roles. The promotions have been made across the practice’s London and Leicester studios, recognising the achievements of individuals across... View Article

Fereday Pollard Designed Beaulieu Park Station Opens

Tuesday, 28th October 2025

Beaulieu Park Station in Boreham, designed by architecture and landscape practice Fereday Pollard, opened to passengers on Sunday 26 October. Located to the North East of Chelmsford and delivered in collaboration with Network Rail, Arcadis and Murphy, it is the first new railway... View Article

Sanctuary Scotland announces start date for £14m affordable housing project in Renfrewshire

Tuesday, 28th October 2025

A vibrant new affordable housing community is to be created in the heart of Braehead, Renfrewshire, providing 57 new homes. It’s proposed work will begin at the Row Avenue site in March 2026, which will see the provision of two... View Article

Regulator of Social Housing CEO Fiona MacGregor to step down

Tuesday, 28th October 2025

The Regulator of Social Housing (RSH) has today (28 October 2025) announced that Fiona MacGregor has decided to step down as its Chief Executive after more than a decade leading the regulator. Fiona has spent her career working in housing... View Article

RSH publishes annual statistics on stocks and rents in the social housing sector

Tuesday, 28th October 2025

Today the Regulator of Social Housing published statistics about the social housing sector, including stock ownership and rents as of 31 March 2025. Returns from all private and local authority registered providers show that the sector provides around 4.5 million homes across England, with... View Article

Council and developer The Hill Group propose to build 165 new homes at Hanover and Princess Courts in Cambridge

Tuesday, 28th October 2025

Cambridge City Council and The Hill Group have submitted plans for 165 new homes to be built on the site of Hanover and Princess Courts, just off Hills Road in Cambridge – 72 council homes and 93 private sale homes.... View Article

Dandara apprentice inspires the next generation through housebuilder’s management programme

Tuesday, 28th October 2025

In light of National Career Development Month in November, many students in their final year of school across the country find themselves at a crossroads, deciding whether to pursue further education or enter the world of work. With a full... View Article

The UK’s retrofit insulation crisis – Could Wood fibre be part of the solution?

Tuesday, 28th October 2025

For over 15 years, the UK government has backed schemes to improve the energy performance of homes, including the Great British Insulation Scheme (GBIS) and the Energy Company Obligation (ECO) – now in its fourth phase. More than three million... View Article

Phase 1 of Awaab’s Law implemented, imposing time limits for addressing hazards on RSLs

Tuesday, 28th October 2025

Introduced this week, the first phase of Awaab’s Law will “force social landlords to take urgent action to fix dangerous homes or face the full force of the law,” said the Government in a statement. The new legislation imposes a... View Article

Insulation’s role in the Future Homes and Building Standard (FHBS)

Tuesday, 28th October 2025

The Future Homes Standard was first proposed by government in 2019. Despite plans for implementation in 2025, as of the time of writing, the final details of the Future Homes and Buildings Standard (FHBS) have yet to be confirmed. Compared... View Article

Style Supports StrongMen Charity Golf Day

Tuesday, 28th October 2025

Style, the UK’s leading moveable wall specialist, proudly supported the annual StrongMen Charity Golf Day, held on Friday 24th October at the Old Fold Manor Golf Club in Chipping Barnet, London. Organised by the bereavement support charity StrongMen, the event... View Article

Pump up the volume with system design

Tuesday, 28th October 2025

Polypipe Building Products explores how heat pumps supported by efficient system design and components can help developers meet low-carbon targets and futureproof new homes at scale. Now firmly on the horizon, the Future Homes Standard (FHS) will require all new... View Article

Work begins on £23.6 million social housing development in Salford

Monday, 27th October 2025

Construction has officially started on a new £23.6 million development at Pendleton House on Broughton Road, Salford, which will deliver 88 high-quality homes for social rent. The scheme, developed by ForHousing in partnership with Vistry Group, is supported by £9.68... View Article

Common pitfalls in luxury renovation and how to avoid them

Monday, 27th October 2025

Having worked on over 40,000 projects from compact urban extensions to the grandest of Grand Designs TV new home projects, IDSystems has seen it all. Below, Technical Sales Manager Edward Stobart has rounded up the most common issues he has encountered in luxury projects,... View Article