Rock stars
In May Chris Johnson’s Propan Homes bought Honeygrove and assumed its name. Steve Menary visits the firm’s Rock House development in Maidstone to talk to him a…
Appeal limit
I have heard that the loss of sub-sale relief from stamp duty in the new Finance Act won’t affect part exchange acquisitions by housebuilders. Is this correct?
In agreement
Ever changing regulations and the drive for new building techniques mean that manufacturers increasingly need new BBA certificates, making life ever busier for…
hot seat
[MMC-IMG=272-A=Left]Jacky Banyard, sales and marketing director of Cala Homes (Yorkshire), made the career move from bringing up two strapping boys to selling …
A window of opportunity...
A recent “peculiar” legal decision has set a precedent that may produce a tricky way around the issue of losing your planning permission through expiry. But yo…
The Walrus
Dustbin-lid dance troupes, Victor Meldrew and Alan Partridge may have no role in Lord Rogers’ urban renaissance, but they’re central to Walrus’ interpretation.…
Walking the walk
What’s it like building a leading example of a PPG3 friendly site? James Sunley and Andy Wibling of Sunley Holdings tell Ben Roskrow the story of Lacuna, a fin…
Culture clash
Just when developers think they have created a super PPG3-friendly development with winding roads and exciting streetscapes, highways engineers scupper the sch…
How was it for you?
PPG3 was launched three years ago and has changed the face of new housing developments in Britain. We start a six page look at the guidance with the results of…
Croudace
Croudace is building the first 39 home phase of a new Hampshire village which aims to have the charm of an 18th century Austen parkland setting but with the ad…
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