Features

The latest news, features, comment and analysis of the UK housebuilding market covering policy, regulation, planning, technology, new developments and products

Northern lights

Aug. 1, 2007 Feature

Newcastle/Gateshead city centre is a picture postcard of urban regeneration. But across the north east, Bellway faces a tough challenge in building a viable ho…

Pride comes before a wall

Aug. 1, 2007 Feature

NHBC’s annual Pride in the Job competition plays a key part in raising new home standards to meet customers’ rising aspirations. Melissa Blamey asks the judges…

Cliveden lives on

Aug. 1, 2007 Feature

Cliveden’s notoriety among a particular generation lies with the scandalous 1960s Profumo affair. Those with a predilection for exclusivity now have the chance…

Infrastructure or bust

Aug. 1, 2007 Feature

Gordon Brown has put the planning gain supplement on ice while the industry explores alternative ways of raising cash for infrastructure. Mark Smulian reports …

Going to ground

July 1, 2007 Feature

With brownfield land now accounting for the majority of new home sites, housebuilders are facing increasingly complex remediation issues. Ashley Rogers finds t…

Assessing archaeological risk: An integrated approach

July 1, 2007 Feature

Simon McCudden, head of heritage at Scott Wilson, offers some expert advice on handling an on-site archaeological discovery

From the groundup

July 1, 2007 Feature

Housebuilders are looking for clever solutions to increasingly complex groundworks challenges. Andrew Leech investigates the products and services on offer

On air

July 1, 2007 Feature

As the government drives through the code for sustainable homes, airtightness remains a key focus of new homes’ sustainability. NHBC’s Satvinder Sahota takes a…

Development of the month

July 1, 2007 Feature

Attention to detail is fundamental to Carrot’s approach. Steve Menary checks out the niche developer’s L’Ecole scheme in north London, where a Victorian school…

Cross purposes

July 1, 2007 Feature

Cross subsidy deals done to fund on-site affordable housing and estate regeneration are eroding traditional boundaries between housebuilders, housing associati…