A shame of a campaign
Ben Roskrow argues that the Daily Telegraph should know better than to run its one-eyed "Hands off our land" campaign which is unnecessarily raising the fears …
Market View - Engineering a newway forward
Richard Jones, head of regeneration and growth at EC Harris, looks at the grant allocations for affordable housing and the progress of the new planning regime
Lobby now for planning sense
There has been an hysterical reaction from anti-development groups to the new planning proposals. HBF executive chairman Stewart Baseley calls on the whole ind…
A framework for planning change
The draft National Planning Policy Framework has been mkaking waves with its pro-growth approach. Suzie Mayes reports the key details and hears the issues fro…
Localism is not nihilism
Ministers need to explain to their heartland supporters that localism does not equal nihilism
Be heard on planning reforms
Ben Roskrow looks at the feisty debate over new draft planning rules and calls on housebuilders to get their voices heard in the consultation
Excellence is well worth the effort
Ben Roskrow says that the quality of entries for this year's Housebuilder Awards demonstrates how far the industry has come in improving all aspects of the new…
The Last Word
Establishing what constitutes a suitable effective edge seal around cavity party walls, as demanded by Part L 2010 for zero U-values, is a complicated issue. P…
The private sector
Steve Menary rounds up what he can glean about the recent performance of privately owned housebuilders
The use of public sector land
Richard Jones, head of regeneration and growth at EC Harris, looks at the issue of using public sector land to deliver new homes and the need for partnerships …
