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From zero to 300: Dacorum builds new council homes for the next generation

|Date: 12 November, 2020

From zero to 300: Dacorum builds new council homes for the next generation

Dacorum Borough Council is celebrating building its 300th new home at School End Crescent in Hemel Hempst ...

Dacorum Borough Council is celebrating building its 300th new home at School End Crescent in Hemel Hempstead. In 2013, the council published its ‘Building for the Future’ programme and set the target ...

12 November, 2020
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Mears wins new housing development contract in North Lanarkshire

|Date: 29 November, 2019

Mears wins new housing development contract in North Lanarkshire

Mears New Homes has won a new contract with North Lanarkshire Council, worth £2.8m, to build an entire sc ...

Mears New Homes has won a new contract with North Lanarkshire Council, worth £2.8m, to build an entire scheme of 16 dwellings at Plains Village in Airdrie, on the site of a former primary school earma ...

29 November, 2019
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Planners vital for success of local authority housebuilding

|Date: 27 November, 2019

Planners vital for success of local authority housebuilding

Planners’ skills in plan making and facilitating public engagement mean that they have a key role to play ...

Planners’ skills in plan making and facilitating public engagement mean that they have a key role to play in the current resurgence of local authority housebuilding. That’s the view of the Royal Town ...

27 November, 2019
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Brent Council begins work on 149 new council homes in Harlesden

|Date: 30 September, 2019

Brent Council begins work on 149 new council homes in Harlesden

Work has commenced on 149 new homes at Knowles House, Harlesden. Brent Council will be working with devel ...

Work has commenced on 149 new homes at Knowles House, Harlesden. Brent Council will be working with developer Wates Residential to deliver good quality homes, some of which will be used as temporary a ...

30 September, 2019
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Sutton completes first council housebuilding programme in 30 years

|Date: 16 August, 2019

Sutton completes first council housebuilding programme in 30 years

The London Borough of Sutton has completed its first programme of new council housebuilding for 30 years. ...

The London Borough of Sutton has completed its first programme of new council housebuilding for 30 years. Sutton’s focus has been on building homes that not only offer high-quality accommodation but a ...

16 August, 2019
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Homes for Lambeth marks start of regeneration work in Brixton

|Date: 23 July, 2019

Homes for Lambeth marks start of regeneration work in Brixton

The latest step forward in the ambitious scheme to bring hundreds of new homes and a theatre to central B ...

The latest step forward in the ambitious scheme to bring hundreds of new homes and a theatre to central Brixton has been marked with a ground-breaking ceremony at Somerleyton Road. Homes for Lambeth ( ...

23 July, 2019
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Council homebuilding in London reaches highest level in 34 years

|Date: 13 May, 2019

Council homebuilding in London reaches highest level in 34 years

Figures released show a record-breaking number of affordable homes were started with City Hall’s support ...

Figures released show a record-breaking number of affordable homes were started with City Hall’s support last year — including the highest number of new council homes in London in 34 years. The new st ...

13 May, 2019
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Industry Comment | More support needed

|Date: 12 February, 2019

Industry Comment | More support needed

Matthew Warburton, Policy Advisor at the Association of Retained Council Housing (ARCH), says additional ...

Matthew Warburton, Policy Advisor at the Association of Retained Council Housing (ARCH), says additional grant funding, as well as an extension of the rent policy, would give local authorities greater ...

12 February, 2019
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Go-ahead for first of thousands of new Liverpool homes

|Date: 17 December, 2018

Go-ahead for first of thousands of new Liverpool homes

A major development, set to deliver the first of thousands of new-build homes for Liverpool, has received ...

A major development, set to deliver the first of thousands of new-build homes for Liverpool, has received the green light from planners. Liverpool City Council’s new housing company Foundations and Bi ...

17 December, 2018
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Mayor boosts councils’ housebuilding teams with new £10m Homebuilding Capacity fund

|Date: 19 October, 2018

Mayor boosts councils’ housebuilding teams with new £10m Homebuilding Capacity fund

The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, is launching a new £10m Homebuilding Capacity Fund to beef up London cou ...

The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, is launching a new £10m Homebuilding Capacity Fund to beef up London councils' housing and planning teams — decimated by government cuts — and help boost their role bu ...

19 October, 2018
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