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New regulator takes major step forward in ‘landmark moment for building safety’

|Date: 28 February, 2023

New regulator takes major step forward in ‘landmark moment for building safety’

Those responsible for the safety of high-rise residential buildings in England have six months from April ...

Those responsible for the safety of high-rise residential buildings in England have six months from April to register with the new Building Safety Regulator. The Building Safety Regulator was establi ...

28 February, 2023
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Biodiversity Net Gain regulations

|Date: 27 February, 2023

Biodiversity Net Gain regulations

Alice Davidson, Associate Director Boyer (Wokingham), discusses the Government’s consultation response on ...

Alice Davidson, Associate Director Boyer (Wokingham), discusses the Government’s consultation response on Biodiversity Net Gain regulations. The Government’s consultation outcome on Biodiversity Net G ...

27 February, 2023
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Fire safety experts urged to register interest for new framework

|Date: 24 February, 2023

Fire safety experts urged to register interest for new framework

Experts are being sought for a new framework to supply fire safety measures for the public sector. The Fi ...

Experts are being sought for a new framework to supply fire safety measures for the public sector. The Fire Safety (FS2) framework from not-for-profit public sector construction framework provider LHC ...

24 February, 2023
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One in 10 new Royal Greenwich council homes designed for people who use wheelchairs

|Date: 24 February, 2023

One in 10 new Royal Greenwich council homes designed for people who use wheelchairs

Councillors visited a family in a new wheelchair-adapted home to see how the council's Greenwich Builds p ...

Councillors visited a family in a new wheelchair-adapted home to see how the council's Greenwich Builds programme is transforming lives for residents on the housing waiting list who have a physical di ...

24 February, 2023
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Blueprint for truly affordable homes could slash 1.2 million council waiting lists

|Date: 23 February, 2023

Blueprint for truly affordable homes could slash 1.2 million council waiting lists

The Housing Finance Institute (HFI) and Localis published a 30-page blueprint designed to stimulate a new ...

The Housing Finance Institute (HFI) and Localis published a 30-page blueprint designed to stimulate a new generation of council homes. ‘Public Rental Homes – fresh perspectives’ provides a solution to ...

23 February, 2023
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HomeLINK | Connected technology

|Date: 23 February, 2023

HomeLINK | Connected technology

Sam Collier, Sustainability & Ethics Lead for HomeLINK discusses how connected technology can support ...

Sam Collier, Sustainability & Ethics Lead for HomeLINK discusses how connected technology can support the health, safety and wellbeing of social housing residents. Social housing providers are fac ...

23 February, 2023
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Carter Jonas | Housing targets

|Date: 22 February, 2023

Carter Jonas | Housing targets

Matt Hare, Partner at Carter Jonas (Cambridge), discusses the consequences of an absence of housing targe ...

Matt Hare, Partner at Carter Jonas (Cambridge), discusses the consequences of an absence of housing targets on levelling up and regeneration. Under its many guises — three Prime Ministers and three Se ...

22 February, 2023
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Topping out ceremony marks milestone for new social housing development

|Date: 22 February, 2023

Topping out ceremony marks milestone for new social housing development

Dacorum Borough Council’s new social housing block in Adeyfield, Hemel Hempstead, has officially been nam ...

Dacorum Borough Council’s new social housing block in Adeyfield, Hemel Hempstead, has officially been named ‘Eastwick Row’. Once complete, the new Eastwick Row block will provide 34 one- and two-bedro ...

22 February, 2023
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Sero | Is fabric first really the best strategy?

|Date: 21 February, 2023

Sero | Is fabric first really the best strategy?

With global temperatures rising at an alarming rate and homes producing 40% of the UK’s carbon emissions, ...

With global temperatures rising at an alarming rate and homes producing 40% of the UK’s carbon emissions, we look at whether a fabric first approach to retrofitting homes is the best strategy. Here, S ...

21 February, 2023
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London boroughs approve majority of major housing planning applications in the wake of London elections

|Date: 21 February, 2023

London boroughs approve majority of major housing planning applications in the wake of London elections

A new report by BECG (Built Environment Communications Group) has revealed that two-thirds (22) of London ...

A new report by BECG (Built Environment Communications Group) has revealed that two-thirds (22) of London boroughs have approved all major residential applications determined in 2022 — a significant i ...

21 February, 2023
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