Bellway Strategic Land has submitted an outline planning application for up to 120 new homes and public open space in Cronton. If approved, the proposed development would comprise 40 per cent affordable housing to meet local need and almost a... View Article

Magna Housing has secured £150m in new financing to support the creation of around 1,500 new affordable homes over the next five years. The community-based housing association was supported by treasury advisors anddebt arrangers Centrus and legal counsel Bevan Brittan to... View Article

As the heat network sector prepares for its most significant transformation to date, a new and pressing threat is emerging for housing managers: the sudden collapse of specialist service providers. Anthony Coates-Smith, Managing Director at Insite Energy, explains how to... View Article

With around 60,000 accidental utility strikes occurring each year on average and the Utility Strike Avoidance Group (USAG) estimating the cost of utility strikes in 2019 at £261 million, utilising the skills and expertise of utilities consultants from the outset... View Article

Buckinghamshire Advantage, a wholly owned subsidiary of Buckinghamshire Council, has signed a partnership agreement with Barratt Redrow to progress the 495-acre ‘Woodlands’ development to the south-east of Aylesbury, next to the A41. The flagship site has planning permission for over... View Article

Homeowners planning bathroom renovations are in for a shock as new research reveals a dangerous gap between expectation and reality that leaves consumers vulnerable to cowboy builders offering lower quotes. New research carried out by the Federation of Master Builders... View Article

Regional housebuilder Beal Homes has begun work to pave the way for a £120m development in a popular neighbourhood in Hull. Beal has started infrastructure works on the site, including construction of roads and sewage systems, ahead of building starting... View Article

Plans have been submitted for a new housing development on the edge of Hazel Grove which would deliver 134 homes for the area. Exactly half of the properties would be provided as affordable housing for local people, under proposals put... View Article

Plans to build up to 250 homes on the edge of Sherburn in Elmet have been submitted to North Yorkshire Council. Bellway Strategic Land is seeking outline planning permission for a 27-acre site to the west of Finkle Hill, at... View Article

Women in Social Housing (WISH) has partnered with Compassionate Leaders to offer its members access to a new personal development programme designed to support women’s career progressions across the sector. Led by CEO Hayley Gillard, Compassionate Leaders transforms organisations across... View Article

Too many firms still think of BIM as a mere modelling tool but in fact it is capable of far, far more, argues Digital Design Manager at chapmanbdsp Miklos Magyar. From its first appearance in built environment parlance in the... View Article

Five-star homebuilder Allison Homes Central has been granted planning permission, subject to the signing of the legal agreement, to deliver a sustainable new community in Uppingham, consisting of 79 new homes. Situated west of Ayston Road, the 4.2 hectare site... View Article