House Building policy, regulation, planning, technology, product features

Love thy neighbourhood

Nov. 1, 2007 Feature

Pete Duncan and Sally Thomas of Social Regeneration Consultants look at what the public and private sectors are doing to improve neighbourly relations

Cherry picked

Nov. 1, 2007 Feature

Countryside chairman Alan Cherry, the veritable godfather of urban regeneration, offers Allison Heller his insights into the social sustainability agenda

The NHBC Foundation has produced a range of guides aimed at helping developers meet the government’s sustainable housebuilding targets. Satvinder Sahota discusses its latest research papers on climate change, ground source heat pumps, basement construction and energy, water and waste reduction

Hot Property

Oct. 1, 2007 Feature

When Housebuilder this year polled readers on the industry’s most influential people, Kirstie Allsopp came in at a surprise fourth position. Stephen Hoare talks to the woman behind Channel Four’s Location, Location, Location phenomenon

On Track

Oct. 1, 2007 Feature

Inspirational development plans held back by a lack of transport infrastructure? Mark Smulian discovers Kilbride Community Rail’s solution to this all too typical scenario: it plans to bring disused railway lines back into use and option the surrounding land for housing

Development with attitude

Oct. 1, 2007 Feature

As the planning process becomes increasingly politicised, the key to consent often lies with a developer’s attitude to partnering and consultation. Andrew Howard of HardHat Communications offers an insight into Barratt’s approach in the Thames Gateway, where a dizzying array of authorities operate

Local authority

Oct. 1, 2007 Feature

The Tories are up for increasing housing supply but want to do away with the government’s topdown approach, says shadow housing minister Grant Shapps, who finds time for a word with Chris Windle on the eve of the Conservative party conference

Share dealing

Oct. 1, 2007 Feature

Increasing affordable housing supply without dipping into the public purse is a government priority. Colin Blakey tells Allison Heller how Bellway Housing Trust is helping first time buyers onto the property ladder through its own shared equity funding model

Mixed tenure agenda

Oct. 1, 2007 Feature

In a post-green paper world, mixed tenure communities are considered the only way forward and private investment is desperately needed to shore up social housing funds. Mark Smulian reports

The £8 billion man

Oct. 1, 2007 Feature

The Housing Corporation’s acting chief executive Steve Douglas hit the ground running just as the government announced an ambitious new housing delivery programme. In the first of our three affordable housing special features on pages 24 to 34, he tells Allison Heller why the private sector has a greater role than ever to play in meeting the challenge

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