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A new, 15-storey co-living development on Bath Road in Hounslow town centre has been allowed by the Planning Inspectorate, following a four day public inquiry.  It will provide much needed quality housing for young flatsharers – setting a new standard... View Article

By Sam O’Callaghan, a lawyer in Capital Law’s Construction, Energy & Projects team, with expertise in complex contentious construction matters. Construction is a litigious industry. There are many factors for why that is – but typically, it all comes back... View Article

A new mixed tenure housing development is to be built on a 14.85ha brownfield site off Donnington Wood Way. The new development of 329 new homes is being bought forward by a partnership comprising of Telford & Wrekin Council, Nuplace... View Article

Bellway Homes recently launched The Printworks, a collection of 96 new homes, in central Reading. This development, which comprises both houses and apartments is centrally located on Cardiff Road, conveniently close to Reading mainline station. The scheme is set on... View Article

At the UK’s largest self and custom build community, Graven Hill, a third of self-build homes built between 2018 – 2021 have used modern methods of construction (MMC). This refers to non-traditional methods of building, including both off-site manufacturing and... View Article

Rula Homes, the newly established housing division of Rula Developments, has secured planning consent from Wakefield Council to deliver 77 affordable new homes on a 5.76-acre site at City Fields, Wakefield East, located alongside the River Calder and the Aire... View Article

Ayr Grammar primary school, designed by BDP’s Glasgow studio, has been shortlisted in the annual Scottish Design Awards. The sensitively restored historic building, located on the edge of the 17th Century Citadel of Ayr, is one of six buildings making... View Article

Architects and designers from multiple Perkins&Will studios worldwide have designed bold visions for transforming parts of the City of London into healthier, more sustainable, and inclusive places for a design concept competition. These visions, prompted by the firm’s annual Phil Freelon Design... View Article

The transformation of Bradford’s Conditioning House – from a dilapidated mill into the city’s premier postcode – is complete. Leeds-based developer, Priestley Homes, has converted the Grade-II listed building into 153 modern apartments. The group’s main contractor, Priestley Construction, brought... View Article

Construction data for May showed that new orders across the industry increased at the fastest pace since the PMI (Purchasing Managers’ Index) first began collecting data in 1997, with the majority of firms surveyed predicting a continued rise in business... View Article

George Clarke says that protecting the environment is the focus of young people’s home designs, on World Environment Day, as he launches a report featuring amazing future homes from the Home of 2030 Young Persons’ Design Challenge. The presenter of... View Article

Sport England estimates that inactivity causes one in six deaths and costs the NHS approximately £1 billion per year. With UK sport and leisure facilities now reopening their doors, we need to consider who is using these facilities and what... View Article