Action with Communities in Rural England (ACRE) is calling on housing providers, landowners, local authorities and parish councils to work more closely with rural housing enablers to help deliver the affordable homes rural communities urgently need. The call comes during... View Article

The first Passive Houses – homes specially designed to provide high levels of comfort with minimal energy usage – at Bellway’s Perceval Grange development in Midhurst are now nearing completion. Eight properties at the 69-home development are being built to... View Article

Independent housebuilder Dandara has secured planning permission for Parcels 1 & 6 at Linmere in Houghton Regis, Bedfordshire, marking a significant milestone in the delivery of the wider Linmere community masterplan. The approved 11-acre development will deliver 165 new homes,... View Article

CIBSE in collaboration with Arup, Loughborough University   and Inkling has launched the updated CIBSE TM59 Overheating risk in dwellings: A design stage methodology, providing the industry with revised guidance for assessing and mitigating overheating risk in new homes and... View Article

Associate Director Patrick Hastings has helped to shape some of LOM’s most technically ambitious projects. Pat sat down to discuss materiality and problem-solving, from lessons learned on early residential projects to the value of time spent on site, and how... View Article

NEW guidelines have been published by the Government Property Agency (GPA) as it continues its mission to create a smaller, better and greener office estate. Today (2 July) the GPA launched its updated Government Workplace Design Guide, which outlines improved... View Article

A Building Insights LIVE construction industry round table held last week confronted why widespread adoption of industrialised, offsite-based Modern Methods of Construction (MMC) has failed to be realised in the housebuilding sector, but also proposed wide-ranging and realistic solutions. Sponsored... View Article

Homeowners across Essex have lost an estimated £448 million over the past five years to unqualified or unlicensed builders, according to new constituency-level research from the Federation of Master Builders (FMB) — as the trade body renews its call for mandatory licensing... View Article

London homeowners have lost more than £3 billion to unqualified or unlicensed builders over a 5 year period, new research from the Federation of Master Builders (FMB) reveals. New data shows 1 in 4 households across the capital have fallen... View Article

Salford housing association Salix Homes has appointed its principal contractors to deliver a major investment programme to improve homes and communities across Salford. Greater Manchester-based firms Emanuel Whittaker and Connolly have both been reappointed following an extensive procurement process and... View Article

A21architects has been commissioned by Professor Kypros Nicolaides to design a pioneering new building at 1-4 Windsor Walk, London SE5. This state-of-the-art facility will serve as the home for the newly announced EMBRACE (Enhanced Maternal and Baby Results with AI-supported Care and... View Article

A MAJOR new neighbourhood for Blandford Forum is set to bring 523 energy-efficient homes, extensive green space and millions of pounds of investment into local infrastructure. Wyatt Homes has completed the purchase of land to the north and east of... View Article

Bargate Granted Outline Planning for up to 60 Homes on Outskirts of Romsey, Hampshire Housebuilder Bargate has been granted outline planning permission by Test Valley Borough Council for up to 60 homes in the rural Hampshire village of Braishfield, on... View Article

One of the UK’s leading housing figures has hailed a Stonewater development as an​ innovative example of addressing rural affordability. Ahead of the National Housing Federation’s Rural Housing Week 2026, NHF CEO​ Kate Henderson visited the Shiremoor Hill scheme in Merriott, Somerset,... View Article

White Breakers is a black clad, retrofitted, single storey property, located within a dark skies section of the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park, facing the Irish Sea. The refurbishment of the family home sought to radically improve the energy efficiency of... View Article

Built in 1914, the Edwardian bandstand is the only surviving example known in England of this type   Buttress Architects’ restoration work on Todmorden’s Grade II listed bandstand is now complete, along with a contemporary new community pavilion in Centre... View Article

Family-owned home builder, Campion Homes, is celebrating two important milestones in the delivery of much-needed affordable homes in Dundee through its continued partnership with Abertay Housing Association. The Dundee-based housing association has now taken ownership of eight new three-bedroom homes... View Article

More than 380 newly completed homes will soon be available to people in Barking and Dagenham, marking another major milestone in the borough’s ambitious programme to deliver thousands of high-quality homes for local people. The 386 new homes, directly delivered... View Article