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Development of the month - Raising the game

March 1, 2009 Feature

Linden’s Essence scheme in Bristol has connections with Casino Royale, the first Daniel Craig Bond movie. But, as Steve Menary reports, the firm does not view …

Time to vary your section 106 agreements

March 1, 2009 Feature

Jason Towell of Cripps Harries Hall examines your options when it comes to trying to renegotiate section 106 agreements in the current market

Web development

March 1, 2009 Feature

The first port of call for customers looking for a new home is now the internet, not the local paper. So how can you make sure your homes are at the front of t…

Falling short

March 1, 2009 Feature

All but one UK region has suffered a significant decline in planning applications over the past year. Steve Menary looks at the numbers

Big ideas

March 1, 2009 Feature

There are too many one and two bedroom homes on the market, and it is time to switch to larger units. But how do we square this with the density challenges in …

Feeling proud – this year’s Pride in the Job winners

Feb. 1, 2009 Feature

NHBC’s annual Pride in the Job Awards held in January honoured site managers who have demonstrated high levels of professionalism in every aspect of their work…

Taking stock – the Good Homes Alliance questions whether we are on the right path to sustainability

Feb. 1, 2009 Feature

Neil May, chairman of the Good Homes Alliance, argues that government and industry are set on the wrong course to tackle sustainable housebuilding, a course th…

Accolades in Arsenal

Feb. 1, 2009 Feature

The Armouries is the second phase of Berkeley Homes’ Royal Arsenal, a mixed-use regeneration scheme to revive a disused military site in Woolwich, London. Suzi…

Mixed messages

Feb. 1, 2009 Feature

Nick Lomax, md of LCE Architects, talks to Allison Heller about the challenges of designing mixed-use schemes, developing a carbon neutral home and LCE’s desig…

Hank Dittmar interview

Feb. 1, 2009 Feature

Hank Dittmar, chief executive of the Prince’s Foundation, has throughout his working life been a big supporter of timeless but ecological ways of planning and …

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