Dolphin Living CEO highlights need for discount market rent

Olivia Harris says intermediate rental housing could prove key in helping Londoners through economic crisis

Construction starts rebound on manufacturing, housing strength

After a massive dropoff in January, new groundbreakings for factories and homes contributed to the bounceback, according to Dodge, but jitters remain.

Kier and Boyer to deliver school refurbishment and new housing in Gloucestershire

Boyer has secured planning permission for Taylor Wimpey to deliver new housing in Gloucestershire, whilst Kier begins work on providing new facilities for historic Gloucestershire school. The post Kier and Boyer to deliver school refurbishment and new housing in Gloucestershire appeared first on Planning, BIM & Construction Today.

PfH starts race for £520m housing decarbonising deal

Four-year framework covers service specific lots from £5m to £100m

UK construction activity February 2023: Housing

Project-starts, detailed planning approvals and main contract awards in the three months to February all fell against the previous three months and the preceding year. Housing overview Totalling £6.306bn, residential work commencing on-site during the three months to February decreased by 41 per cent against… The post UK construction activity February 2023: Housing appeared first on Construction News.

nla - The Kerslake Review, 27072022

Lyn Garner, CEO of the London Legacy Development Corporation, has been appointed to lead on the implementation of recommendations in the review of GLA Group housing delivery by Lord Kerslake. She talks to Peter Murray about a more streamlined approach to delivery across Mayor-led organsitions like TfL, OPDC and the LLDC.

The B1M - Why Our Cities Are So Expensive, 31082022

All around the world it’s getting harder and harder to find an affordable place to rent, let alone buy. London is in the middle of a high-rise building boom that’s reshaping the city Just last year 587 new skyscrapers were in the pipeline. It’s not like there’s no new housing being built. It’s just that a lot of it isn’t really affordable. The B1M looks at schemes predominantly in London such as Battersea Power Station, Nine Elms and Elephant & Castle

nla - The London Plan, 03082015

Introducing the main policies and targets of the statutory spatial development strategy for the Greater London area, this film outlines London’s pragmatic planning system: including the role played by the 33 local borough councils and Mayor of London to strategic bodies like Historic England. Detailing some of the major Opportunity areas, such as Vauxhall Nine Elms and Old Oak Common, the film also introduces some of the key approaches to accommodating the city’s unprecedented growth.

The Times - Living with cladding, 14102020

Victoria Lowe may never be able to sell her family home — because of potentially unsafe cladding on her building. The Sunday Times has revealed not only are 700,000 people still trapped in flats wrapped in many kinds of flammable materials, but as many as 3.6 million face a wait of up to a decade to sell their flat or get a new mortgage.

The Times - Inside Britain's most luxurious underground home, 21032022

Residents of Cheshire’s affluent suburbs have long complained when developers blight the landscape with tasteless new-build mansions. Now one local property firm has solved the quandary of how to get planning permission without annoying the nimbys: a 4,000 sq ft trophy home, on the market for £4 million, that is buried almost entirely underground.

What are the implications of allowing new tenants onto a on-going building site of a housing development