When climate change turns homes into hazards
A recent article highlighted how unprepared the UK’s housing stock is for hotter summers and more frequent heatwaves. Overheating is...
What Europe can teach the UK about fixing planning
Planning is treated as the unpredictable middle of the development journey, but most delays begin far earlier than the formal...
The Race to Build 1.5 Million Homes: What Needs to Change
This week’s BBC Panorama episode, The Race to Build 1.5 Million Homes, reignited one of the biggest questions in the...
New towns, new expectations: what housebuilders need to know
On 28 September the government confirmed plans to start delivering three new towns within this parliament. The preferred sites are...
Brownfield development is only part of the solution
The government’s plan to build up to 40,000 homes on disused railway land is a positive step. Transport-connected brownfield sites...