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Getting nowhere fast

Detailed research on the planning system, carried out for this year’s Housing Market Intelligence Report, reveals that "tricky" planning applications are being rejected, driving housebuilders onto a "reject and resubmit" planning merry-go-round. Brian Gre

Rapid rising

The acquisition of Country && Metropolitan has projected Gladedale closer to its target of building more than 6,000 homes a year. Steve Menary talks to founder Remo Dipre and md David Gaffney about how it all started and where the company is heading

Smooth scaling

Brian Green looks at how Britain’s biggest housebuilders performed in 2004, assessing how they have adapted to the onset of more challenging market conditions and that impact this may have on the structure of the industry in coming years

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Don’t mess up

[MMC-IMG=1805-A=Left] Peter Nelson, md of the land and property division of Cofton, which buys, remediates and sells on contaminated sites, offers his perspective on project challenges

Keeping it clean

[MMC-IMG=1804-A=Left] Susan Hawker and Philip Matthews at commercial law firm Wedlake Bell explain the implications of a recent High Court case, which exposes developers to liability for contamination caused by others

Dishing the dirt

[MMC-IMG=1806-A=Left] Clive Barnwell, director of land remediation specialist Vertase, offers some advice on how housebuilders can benefit from carefully planned programmes

Dirty minded

As housebuilders focus on brownfield sites to provide development opportunities, the challenges and legal complexities of remediation have come to the fore. Tim Palmer considers the issues, while experts from remediation specialists <a href="/articles/art

Biomassive

[MMC-IMG=1798-A=Left] In line with this month’s sustainability focus, Steve Menary visits Titanic Mills, Lowry Renaissance’s mill redevelopment in Huddersfield, which has a number of features designed in association with consultant Energy for Sustainable

The Walrus

[MMC-IMG=1797-A=Left] Information on the new Part L has been leaked through The Guardian newspaper – perhaps Part F will be announced in The Beano?