Latest UK House Building Industry News, Policy, Regulation, Planning

MPs call for PGS clarification

7 Nov 2006

MPs have called for simplification and clarification of the government’s proposed planning gain supplement (PGS) to avoid \"significant risks\" that may result if the \"details of implementation are not precisely tuned.\"

Housing association plans to become top ten housebuilder

6 Nov 2006

Britain’s largest housing association, Places for People, plans to become one of the country’s largest housebuilders by the end of the decade.

Countryside comes to Stoke

3 Nov 2006

Countryside Properties will build 2,500 homes in Stoke-on-Trent as part of the government’s attempts to regenerate north Staffordshire.

Ian Smith to head up Taylor Woodrow

2 Nov 2006

Taylor Woodrow has announced the appointment of Ian Smith as its new chief executive from January 2 2007, following Iain Napier\'s planned retirement.