MAY 2017

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In this issue

Family affair

We talk to William Davis md Guy Higgins about the Leicestershire-based family business

Planning reforms

What did the Housing White Paper hold for the planning system?

Proven products

The winners of the Housebuilder Product Awards 2017

Part M

NHBC senior area technical manager Steve Evans looks at revisions to Part M – Access to Dwellings

Water works

A look at systems – such as SuDS – that mitigate flooding on site

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The Interview – Tom Titherington, Sovereign Network Group

Tom Titherington, chief investment and development officer of housing association Sovereign Network Group, leaves the business in March. He talks to Suzie Mayes about his fulfilling career in housing, his legacy and why the customer must always matter most

A shift in local governance

Suzie Mayes gives an overview of the Devolution White Paper and its possible impact on housebuilding

A sound framework?

The new National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) is now published. Suzie Mayes considers the key detail and gets the industry’s view

Pride in their Jobs

NHBC honoured the Supreme winners and runners-up of its 44th Pride in the Job Awards in January. The prestigious industry competition celebrates the best site managers in the UK