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 about the scheme and plans for the ever growing business
Appeal limit
<b>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?</b>
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 the British Board of Agrément. BBA sales and marketing director Alan Thomas looks at the change
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 strapping homes to Scots, and hasn’t looked back
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 you’d better be quick, says Susan Hawker, a planning lawyer at legal firm Lovells, because the ano
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... Ah-ha
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 fine example of today’s development style but one which has provided more than one challenge
Culture clash
Just when developers think they have created a super PPG3-friendly development with winding roads and exciting streetscapes, highways engineers scupper the schemes. Stephen Hoare looks at the conflicts between PPG3 and conventional road design
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 Living with PPG3, a major research project just completed by Malcolm Pitcher and his team at
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 advantages of modern housing.
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