A major milestone for affordable housing in Dorchester has been achieved with the completion of Eldridge Street, the first phase of The Hops, a £23 million wholly affordable housing development in the heart of Dorchester. Developed in partnership between AJC... View Article

Hampshire-based Bargate Homes has submitted a Reserved Matters application to Eastleigh Borough Council for the proposed development of 49 homes on a 4.2-ha site in Eastleigh, Hampshire. Located west of Allbrook Way, in Allbrook, Eastleigh, the site was granted outline planning permission in... View Article

The Whole House Retrofit Resident Impact Assessment report explores the improvements the council has made to homes it owns via its Whole House Retrofit (WHR) programme. WHR tackles the least energy efficient council housing in the city and aims to... View Article

GreenSquareAccord (GSA), one of England’s largest providers of housing, have delivered 27 new, high-quality and affordable homes located between Harwell and Didcot, Oxfordshire. GSA’s new homes are located on the larger Didcot Grove development, which was built by Vistry Group,... View Article

Damian Sheridan of Wren Contracts discusses the key starting points when it comes to choosing a kitchen supplier in housing projects. When it comes to choosing a kitchen supplier for property development and social housing projects, developers and housebuilders are... View Article

Housebuilder Tilia Homes, part of the untypical group, has partnered with the UK’s leading social enterprise, Places for People, in a deal worth around £17 million to bring a choice of affordable homes to its new development in Thetford. Sovereign... View Article

Two Rivers Housing has appointed Chris Watkins as its Assistant Director of Assets. Chris joined the Newent-based housing association as a Carpenter in 2007 and has worked his way up through the organisation. He held supervisory and team leader roles... View Article

One of the Midland’s largest housing associations has announced a new senior appointment. Platform Housing Group has confirmed the appointment of Alan Hayward as Managing Director of Platform Property Care. The role will see Alan responsible for overseeing the seamless... View Article

Architecture firm Holmes Miller has submitted a planning application to Midlothian Council for the redevelopment of Penicuik High School. Holmes Miller’s plans include the re-use and retrofit of the original 1930s school building, the infilling of existing external courtyard spaces... View Article

The Architectural Association (AA) School of Architecture has launched a new taught postgraduate programme in Conservation and Reuse (MA/PGDip), beginning in September 2025. The course will examine approaches to working with existing things from the perspective of climate change, motivated... View Article

The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has revealed the shortlist of three projects competing for the world’s most prestigious award for architecture, the RIBA International Prize. One of the three buildings, located Germany, Spain and China, will soon be crowned... View Article

DuoHaus homes are innovative, low-cost modular homes designed specifically to support and protect vulnerable residents. The concept was developed by award-winning housebuilder, The Hill Group, as a follow-on housing solution to help address the homeless crisis. Hill is installing the DuoHaus... View Article

Bellway has won the Best Staff Development Award at a prestigious national housebuilding awards ceremony. The housebuilder was presented with the accolade at the Housebuilder Awards 2024 during a gala event at the InterContinental London – The O2 on Thursday... View Article