West End girl
Ben Roskrow meets Taylor Wimpey Central London md Ingrid Skinner to hear about the division’s big plans for 2012
Taking the Red Tape Challenge
Mark Smulian looks at the two initiatives currently underway to ease the red tape burden on the industry. Will they work or are they just fiddling around the edges?
Fantastic Four
The four best site managers of 2011 have been crowned at the final of NHBC's Pride in the Job Awards, celebrating exemplary commitment to building quality new homes. Housebuilder attended the ceremony
Flat City
Applications for new build flats are now growing at a faster rate than houses after the recent swing towards family homes. Steve Menary breaks down the figures
Will Pickles buckle?
Stephen Byfield, managing director of communications consultancy PPS Group, wonders whether the government will buckle under pressure to amend draft planning policy
Developers line up for Get Britain Building Fund
A Glenigan survey for Housebuilder shows that 69,000 homes are stalled in Great Britain. Steve Menary looks at the details of the Get Britain Building Fund which has been launched by the government to get these schemes moving again
Public land release for new homes
We have had initiatives to release public land for housing development before, and they came to nothing. What is different about the latest plans and will they work? Mark Smulian reports
Fever pitch
After highlighting the increased number of claims caused by pitch roof defects earlier this year, NHBC has now overhauled the content of its Standards Chapter 7.2 on pitched roofs. Housebuilder looks at the important changes, coming into effect on January 1.
Hydro activity
Hydro Properties is the first UK company to offer a solution to building on flood plains. Suzie Mayes learns about the technology and the proposed scheme in Surbiton which if approved, could open up sites for housing.
Design reviews– getting it right
All new schemes could soon face "design review" before approval. David Birkbeck, chief executive of Design for Homes and a design reviewer, urges housebuilders to back a variant designed for them.
