House Building policy, regulation, planning, technology, product features

Village people

Nov. 1, 2007 Feature

Living Villages is all about sustainability, says Bob Tomlinson, who established the firm with a view to taking a radically different approach to housebuilding

Streetwise

Nov. 1, 2007 Feature

Housebuilder’s new reporter, Suzie Mayes, takes a look at the Manual for streets, the government’s latest guidance on street design aimed at boosting community spirit

Urban values

Nov. 1, 2007 Feature

The affordability drive has brought out a competitive side in residential developers wishing to develop value-added services for aspiring lifestylers. Stephen Hoare looks at an emerging trend

Love thy neighbourhood

Nov. 1, 2007 Feature

Pete Duncan and Sally Thomas of Social Regeneration Consultants look at what the public and private sectors are doing to improve neighbourly relations

Cherry picked

Nov. 1, 2007 Feature

Countryside chairman Alan Cherry, the veritable godfather of urban regeneration, offers Allison Heller his insights into the social sustainability agenda

The NHBC Foundation has produced a range of guides aimed at helping developers meet the government’s sustainable housebuilding targets. Satvinder Sahota discusses its latest research papers on climate change, ground source heat pumps, basement construction and energy, water and waste reduction

Hot Property

Oct. 1, 2007 Feature

When Housebuilder this year polled readers on the industry’s most influential people, Kirstie Allsopp came in at a surprise fourth position. Stephen Hoare talks to the woman behind Channel Four’s Location, Location, Location phenomenon

On Track

Oct. 1, 2007 Feature

Inspirational development plans held back by a lack of transport infrastructure? Mark Smulian discovers Kilbride Community Rail’s solution to this all too typical scenario: it plans to bring disused railway lines back into use and option the surrounding land for housing

Development with attitude

Oct. 1, 2007 Feature

As the planning process becomes increasingly politicised, the key to consent often lies with a developer’s attitude to partnering and consultation. Andrew Howard of HardHat Communications offers an insight into Barratt’s approach in the Thames Gateway, where a dizzying array of authorities operate

Local authority

Oct. 1, 2007 Feature

The Tories are up for increasing housing supply but want to do away with the government’s topdown approach, says shadow housing minister Grant Shapps, who finds time for a word with Chris Windle on the eve of the Conservative party conference

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