Residential planning & policy

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  Are housebuilders as guilty of land banking as critics claim?

  2021-06-10T00:00:00+01:00By Adam Branson

  Savills believes the issue is a lot more nuanced than the Local Government Association’s figures suggest.

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  Ditch the sou’wester for shades

  2021-06-10T00:00:00+01:00By Alastair Stewart

  “You don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows,” a now newly octogenarian Bob Dylan howled in 1965’s Subterranean Homesick Blues. As for housing, you definitely don’t need an economist to know which way prices are going.

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  Q&A: Hill Group trio on boosting its pipeline

  2021-05-27T00:00:00+01:00By Anviksha Patel

  Family housebuilder warns that planning system is now ‘more political than ever’

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  First Homes policy could require developers to build with 50% discount

  2021-05-26T14:52:00+01:00By Mitchell Labiak

  The government has outlined the details of its First Homes policy – including the potential need for homes to be built with a 50% discount.

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  U+I to ‘reset’ business after ‘hugely disappointing’ results

  2021-05-26T13:33:00+01:00By Emma Shone

  U+I has reported a “hugely disappointing” pre-tax loss of £87m for its 2020/21 financial year, but has outlined plans for a “reset” and “refreshed” strategy following a 100-day review of the business.

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  Watkin Jones gets green light for Exeter co-living scheme

  2021-05-21T14:56:00+01:00By Emma Shone

  Watkin Jones has been given the go ahead for a co-living scheme in Exeter.

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  Planning Bill won’t change a thing

  2021-05-20T00:00:00+01:00By Peter Bill

  To start, a diatribe on the dogma endangering the Planning Bill proposed in the Queen’s Speech last week.

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  OPDC launches public consultation on modified local plan

  2021-05-17T15:41:00+01:00By Emma Shone

  Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation (OPDC) has launched a public consultation on changes to its local plan for the regeneration area.

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  Plans approved for 229 homes at major Barking Riverside scheme

  2021-05-14T13:55:00+01:00By Emma Shone

  Bellway London has received planning permission for a 229-home project at Barking Riverside, London.

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