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Leading brownfield developer Inland Homes has appointed ADAM Architecture to create its flagship development Wilton Park in Beaconsfield, which will deliver 350 new homes alongside new community facilities. The scheme is hugely significant for Inland Homes, whose appointment of ADAM... View Article

The verge of an all-important general election, that will determine how the UK will leave the European Union, is perhaps a good time to reflect on why the UK got itself into its current, tragic mess. The result of the... View Article

Initial findings from one of the UK’s most innovative pilot projects looks to be pointing the way forward for future housing developments. After early statistics from the construction element of the MMC homes built at the Gateshead Innovation Village project... View Article

The number of new homes delivered in England last year rose to its highest figure in almost 30 years according to figures from the Ministry of Housing. Some 241,130 additional homes were recorded for the year to March 2019, a... View Article

Research has revealed matching the cost of planned Palace of Westminster repairs could dramatically reduce the UK housing deficit. Data examined by property finance specialists Pure Commercial Finance revealed for £4bn – the estimated cost of essential repairs in Westminster – over... View Article

Social housing providers Radian and Yarlington have joined forces in a new partnership, creating an organisation with 38,000 homes and 79,000 customers across the south and south west of England. The new organisation plans to build 10,000 homes over the... View Article

Ealing Council has awarded a £100m estate regeneration project to Rydon, the contractor who were the lead company on the refurbishment of Grenfell Tower. The contract will see the demolition of the 264-home High Lane estate, in Hanwell, and its... View Article

Architects Perkins and Will, in partnership with Penoyre & Prasad, will offer net zero-carbon operational design strategies for new and retrofit buildings from January 2020 to help address real estate’s impact on the climate The built environment contributes 40 percent... View Article

Professional and heritage bodies are working together on a new blueprint to develop a best practice approach to investigating damp and excessive moisture in traditional properties. The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), Historic England, Historic Environment Scotland, and Cadw... View Article

Kent housing association Golding Homes has joined the national campaign launched this week to “Fix the housing crisis, for good”. Staff at Golding took part in the social media campaign, giving their own reasons why they feel strongly about the... View Article

Byker Community Trust (BCT) housing association, which owns and manages 1,800 homes on the iconic Grade II* Listed Byker Estate in Newcastle, has strengthened its Board by announcing two new female appointments. In addition to the appointment of Geraldine Kay... View Article