Gove comes for construction suppliers on safety agenda

Michael Gove has vowed to make construction products suppliers be “held to account” on building safety, in a strongly worded letter to the Construction Products Association. The Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities wrote to Peter Caplehorn, chief... View Article

A net gain for the nation

John Richards of Cala Homes details the company’s journey so far in achieving the increasingly essential requirement of biodiversity net gain, across its Thames region According to a 2021 study, it is estimated that the UK has lost almost half... View Article

£1.4m new nursery gets underway in Telford

Nursery children and teachers at Redhill Primary School in Telford are set to benefit from a £1.4 million investment as work gets underway by leading construction developers Morris Property to build a new state-of-the-art nursery. The eight-month project will see... View Article

Pocket Living secures permission for new affordable homes in Hackney

Innovative affordable housing developer Pocket Living has secured a unanimous resolution to grant planning permission from Hackney Council for a new residential development on Mandeville Street in Hackney, London. Representing Pocket’s third scheme within the Borough, the seven-storey development will utilise a vacant parcel... View Article

Riverside homes set to regenerate Nuneaton town centre

Plans have been submitted to redevelop a prominent site in Nuneaton town centre with vibrant new homes, workspaces, public green space and improved riverside connections. Multi-disciplinary design practice, rg+p Ltd has developed proposals to regenerate the brownfield urban site, which... View Article

Smart lighting choices to reduce energy bills

As a result of the lifting of the energy price cap on 1st April, energy prices have soared and with a further increase due in the Autumn, not to mention the impact of the ongoing conflict in Eastern Europe, it... View Article

William Davis eco development gets planning green light

Leading housebuilder William Davis Homes has been given the go-ahead to build 70 eco-friendly homes in the popular Nottinghamshire village of Sutton Bonington. Rushcliffe Borough Council has approved a planning application for the development, which will have a strong focus... View Article

Losing lives to homelessness, Guy Horne, HSPG

Guy Horne, CEO of social impact real estate firm, HSPG comments: “The fact that there was a 32% increase in 2021 in the number of people who died while homeless in the UK is heart-breaking – worse still, this cannot... View Article