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One key point of difference in the parties’ housing policies during the recent general election campaign was that the Conservative Party...

Throughout the general election campaign, the Green Belt was central to the debate about the housing crisis. The new Labour government...

The new Government’s plan to ‘Get Britain Building’ is ambitious, to say the least.    And it is central to their mission, not...

The Chancellor’s plans to ‘get Britain building again’ are very significant for the property sector and property investment, specifically.  The plans...

Just a week after Labour’s landslide election victory and already their top team is coming under scrutiny and being asked to...

Reforms to the UK’s planning system must move from a one size fits all approach to boost development, the Government has...

Just a week after Labour’s landslide election victory and already their top team is coming under scrutiny and being asked to...

New Chancellor Rachel Reeves has used her first speech to reinstate housebuilding targets and pledge to build one and a half...

Propertymark has urged the UK Government to consider other ways of boosting the supply of homes for purchase.  The Government has two...

Both 'beauty' and ‘gentle density’ are central themes of the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF).. The notes which accompany the NPPF state...

After months of negative messaging and anti-development sentiment, espoused both nationally by the Government, and locally during May’s local election campaigning,...

The Government has published long-awaited reforms to its National Planning Policy Framework, confirming that local housebuilding targets will be advisory rather...

The supply of new homes could reach the lowest level since 2014, builders have warned. It comes as the Government is due...

Twenty-minute neighbourhoods, 15-minute cities, low traffic neighbourhoods, walkable neighbourhoods: these concepts are suddenly everywhere. They boil down to a simple idea:...

The term mixed-tenure development usually refers to residential developments where different residential tenures are provided on the same site. Typically, tenure was...

MPs have cast doubt on the Government’s ability to achieve its target of 300,000 new homes per year by the mid-2020s...

A lack of direction and constant shifts in planning policy at local and national government level is putting a block on...

Recent tragic deaths of women walking home alone, notably Sarah Everard, have highlighted the need to address gender inequality in the...

House price growth may be slowing but there is still plenty of movement in the property jobs market. Here are some of...

A bid to regulate second home ownership in part of the UK through changes to planning policy will add complexity and...

The government should reset planning policy and scrap proposals for thousands of new homes in high-risk flood areas. The think-tank Localis, in...

The design quality of new homes and neighbourhoods across the UK remains stubbornly low, according to a new report by academics.  The...

Britain lives in fundamentalist black-and-white times - all the more surprising when the country's most divisive point of contention sits on...

No, this isn’t about Brexit. But as the saga of leaving the EU is likely to bring about the downfall of...

Now I’m not one to lose sleep over politicians, but it strikes me that Communities Secretary Sajid Javid and Housing Minister...

It may still be too early to start compiling a Christmas wish list, but it is the right time to provide...

A housing body says that, rather than presiding over a worsening housing crisis as many suggest, David Cameron has actually left...

The government is telling councils to produce local plans for new homes in their area by 2017 – or Whitehall will...

Fracking could reduce house prices by as much as seven per cent and make homes harder to sell because of traffic...