With a local farmer offering land to meet a need for bungalows, affordable homes and allotments in a village in County Durham, we contacted the county council for guidance on their support for ‘Community Led […]
Passivhaus: How to Save Money on these Unique Builds
As more builds meet the Passivhaus standard across the country, the extra costs associated with such a build have started to fall. Here is how you can minimise your costs on a Passivhaus project. If […]
Simpler Development Contributions to Accelerate Homebuilding
Kit Malthouse – Housing Minister – has recently announced changes to developer contributions. This will increase the rate of homebuilding as well as make the overall system simpler. Currently builders pay through developer contributions (Community […]
Want to live in the woods?
Many of us would love to have a house in the woods – we’ve had a number of successes in the last few months for our clients who are now living in Sustainable low impact […]
Are we about to see a ‘fundamental rethink’ on social housing?
Communities secretary Sajid Javid has promised that the government will bring forward a green paper on social housing in England. Speaking at the National Housing Federation’s conference in Birmingham on Tuesday (19th of September), Javid […]
Lords call for government rethink on the built environment
The National Policy for the Built Environment Committee has recently asserted the importance of delivering a better built environment and is concerned about; the quality of new developments and the risk of housing delivery being […]