Wates Group wins prestigious Queen’s award for enterprise

Wates Group, one of the UK’s leading family-owned construction, residential development, and property services businesses, has won a prestigious Queen’s Award for Enterprise in the Sustainable Development category. This year’s win makes Wates the only construction company to have won... View Article

A healthy approach to 
indoor air quality

Stephan Lang of Daikin explains how ‘whole-building approaches’ to heating, ventilation and air conditioning  in new build homes can balance energy efficiency and the vital need to improve indoor air quality. New build homes must be built in compliance with... View Article

The levelling-up agenda

Neil Sanders of F. Ball and Co talks through the steps to ensuring a flawless finish when installing floorcoverings using Luxury Vinyl Tiles. The increasing quality and variety of Luxury Vinyl Tiles (LVTs) and their suitability for a wide range... View Article

The right cover

Dean Stritch of LABC Warranty describes what to look for when choosing a warranty provider for your development, including for MMC projects With a range of options on the market, how do housebuilders and developers choose the cover that is... View Article

An uncertain 
future

Patrick Mooney explores how contrasting news on planning approvals, new homes and public finances are providing a confused picture of the future housing market In many respects the housing market was remarkably unaffected by the Covid pandemic, with strong demand... View Article

Broadway Malyan submits new scheme for Anglia Square

International architecture and urbanism practice Broadway Malyan and developer Weston Homes have submitted new proposals for a comprehensive redevelopment of Anglia Square, an important site within the centre of Norwich. The completely revised scheme aims to create a new place... View Article

Dynamic architect practice expands to Leeds

S+SA Architects has announced its expansion to a new central Leeds location due to company growth and several notable commissions in the healthcare and residential sectors. The architects practice, which operates out of a head office in Harrogate, will open... View Article

Work begins at Westwood Park

Keepmoat Homes has officially started work on site at Westwood Park, Glenrothes, which kicks off the eight-year building programme to deliver 420 residential homes to the area. The range of two, three and four-bedroom houses have been designed to cater... View Article

A schooling in planning strategy

Neal Allcock, partner at property consultant Carter Jonas Birmingham, discusses how strategic planning could help address the current shortfall in student accommodation being built across the UK. The shortage of student accommodation is well known. Recently we have seen some... View Article

Lovell Partnerships given green light for Teeside development

A new development in the North Yorkshire coastal area of Teesside has been given the go-ahead, marking further progress in the region for leading national housebuilder, Lovell Partnerships. Conditional approval was granted earlier this month by Redcar and Cleveland Borough... View Article

Micro solutions to macro problems

A pioneering modular build to rent scheme, which offers young homeless people the chance to have a place they can afford in central London, has broken ground. Jack Wooler reports on the project. Developed by charity Centrepoint, Reuben House is a... View Article

There may be turbulence ahead

Brain Berry confronts some of the myriad challenges that housebuilders are facing at present, including rising prices, inflation, shortages and new regulations. Not for the first time, small, local housebuilders are facing some tough months ahead. While the industry closed... View Article

New affordable homes for Carlisle

Castles & Coasts Housing Association (CCHA) aims to ease the shortage of affordable homes in Carlisle, by submitting a planning application to provide 101 much-needed new homes. The application is for a new development on land east of Lansdowne Close... View Article

Grand Designs returns to Graven Hill for second series

Graven Hill, the country’s largest self-build and custom-build site, returned to our screens across the UK last Wednesday (13 April) at 9.00pm. Appearing in the second series of Channel 4’s Grand Designs: The Streets, Graven Hill welcomed back presenter Kevin... View Article

Get on top of the Part L challenge

Changes to Part L of the Building Regulations are planned to come into effect later this year as part of the Future Homes Standard, meaning a 31% reduction in new build carbon emissions. Stuart Nicholson of Marley explores why the... View Article

Avant Homes begin work on 65-home development

The construction of a 65-home development on a 10-acre site in Ingleby Barwick, Stockton-on-Tees, has been started by housebuilder Avant Homes. The first phase of the new development, located on Round Hill Avenue, three miles from Thornaby town centre, received... View Article