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Electric car club for St George Wharf residents

Sept. 1, 2004

St George plans to boost residents’ environmental credentials at its St George Wharf in south London by launching an electric car club. The Electric Green serv…

Planning targets “increasing application refusal rates”

Sept. 1, 2004

Getting planning approval to build houses is taking ever longer despite the fact that planning decisions are being made more quickly, according to exclusive re…

National sustainability code planned

Sept. 1, 2004

Housebuilders managing to keep abreast of tightening Building Regulations standards for energy efficiency face a further raising of the bar, when government in…

Arup research on climate change casts doubt on MMC standards

Sept. 1, 2004

Modern methods of construction (MMC), including lightweight prefabricated and timber frame buildings will not stand up to the impacts of climate change, engine…

Sustainability summit to be held in Manchester in 2005

Sept. 1, 2004

[MMC-IMG=856-A=Right] The government is to hold a major summit on sustainable communities in Manchester next year. The Delivering Sustainable Communities Summ…

key contacts

Sept. 1, 2004

TOP 10

Sept. 1, 2004

The top ten housebuilders build more than a third of the country’s new homes each year. Allison Heller profiles the industry’s ten leading men, at the helm of …

South bound

Sept. 1, 2004

Country && Metropolitan has moved north to get away from premium housing and into low cost homes. The firm is now turning its attention south again to try to b…

See-through service

Sept. 1, 2004

Miller Homes managing director Tim Hough will be telling the Housing Market Intelligence conference that the industry needs freedom of information when it come…

The Top 25 Housebuilders

Sept. 1, 2004

[MMC-IMG=1011-A=Left] Britain’s top 25 housebuilders between them build more than 94,000 homes a year and more than 60% of all private new homes. Almost 70% of…