All articles by Tom Lowe – Page 5
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NewsNPPF changes will result in 1.3 million homes built by the end of the parliament, OBR forecasts
Housebuilding to exceed 300,000 homes a year by 2029/30, excluding impact of forthcoming Affordable Homes Programme
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NewsWates Residential and Harrow council submit plans for 1,000 homes on former civic centre site
Sheppard Robson-designed scheme replaces former plans rejected in 2022
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NewsPlanning inspector refuses ‘monolithic slab’ Stratford tower at appeal
34-storey student housing scheme criticised for breaching local plan policy on tall buildings
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NewsLGA hits back at plans to curtail role of planning committees in approving development
Legislation introduced yesterday would put more decisions in the hands of planning officers
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NewsFormer Liverpool mayor and former council regeneration chief charged with bribery
Merseyside Police names 12 people charged following investigation into awarding of council contracts
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NewsThird tower added to Manchester mixed-use scheme plan in viability redesign
Homes doubled to 800 as developer admits the ”financial landscape has shifted significantly”
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NewsPlans for student housing scheme above Southwark tube station approved
Original office plan swapped for student accommodation because of falling demand for workspace
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In FocusHow closely has the government adhered to the Grenfell Inquiry’s recommendations?
While Angela Rayner has promised to ‘take forward’ all of the recommendations, not all appear to have been adopted to the letter. Daniel Gayne and Tom Lowe analyse the wiggle room the government has given itself over some of the key measures
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NewsHeat pumps should be installed in half of homes by 2040, says Climate Change Commitee
Advisory body’s latest report sets out progress needed to stay on track with net zero targets
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NewsCouncils handed £9.3m to speed up work identifying grey belt sites
Housing minister Matthew Pennycook gives £70,000 each to 133 councils that applied for additional support
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News‘Single regulator’ for construction to be introduced from 2028 as government sets out Grenfell Inquiry response
Chief construction advisor also to be appointed in raft of new reforms
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NewsRayner to reveal government’s response to Grenfell Inquiry today: here’s a reminder of the final report’s recommendations
Deputy prime minister to make oral statement in House of Commons tomorrow afternoon
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NewsMHCLG to take over fire safety brief from Home Office under post-Grenfell inquiry reforms
Starmer says move will provide more “coherent approach” to fire safety
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NewsWork on first new towns 'to start within four years’ says Pennycook as 100 proposals received
Matthew Pennycook says new towns to contribute to government’s 1.5 million-homes target
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NewsGovernment setting up new cladding remediation enforcement unit
Body to sit within Building Safety Regulator and will be used to speed up remediation on higher risk buildings
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NewsNew Grenfell ‘super-regulator’ unlikely to be introduced straightaway, industry experts believe
Prime minister expected to set up task groups to look into issues with current regime rather than risk further industry disruption
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NewsBPF urges Reeves to fund ‘new approach’ at Building Safety Regulator
British Property Federation calls for next month’s spending review to include ‘additional resource’ for safety regulator amid spate of high-rise delays
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NewsSouthwark student accommodation scheme altered to add second staircase
Layouts at eight-storey scheme rearranged to accommodate larger core
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NewsPlans drawn up for 2,300-bed student accommodation scheme in Manchester
Replacement of existing 1990s accommodation to contain two towers up to 30 storeys
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NewsExeter council approves plans for 1,000 homes on run down canalside site
Nash Partnership behind city’s largest brownfield mixed-use scheme