Not-for-profit housing group Orbit is celebrating completing its 2,000th new home as part of its commitment to build and regenerate 7,000 homes by 2030, and pledge to help tackle the UK’s housing crisis. It marks 2,000 new homes built since the... View Article

Work is nearing completion within the second phase of development at Bellway’s Harbour Village in Northfleet, bringing the total number of homes built to date as part of this landmark regeneration scheme to 212. Located in the central part of... View Article

Award-winning housebuilder, The Hill Group, has appointed Claire Studdart as Head of Affordable Housing, a newly created role that reflects the Group’s continued growth and commitment to strengthening its partnerships with Registered Providers (RPs) and public sector organisations. Claire will lead Hill’s affordable housing... View Article

Willohaus, a collection of 100 affordable, Passivhaus Classic certified homes, has welcomed its first residents, marking a major milestone for Crescent Salford and the wider city as it celebrates 100 years since being granted city status. The new high-quality homes... View Article

Brooke House, a new residential development by GRID architects, has completed in Acton, west London, delivering 102 100% affordable homes for women on behalf of Women’s Pioneer Housing (WPH) in partnership with L&Q. The 15-storey building replaces an outdated estate... View Article

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