House buyers start to focus on âgreen factorâ
Energy efficiency and environmental standards are becoming an important factor for buyers of new-built homes, a survey for New Homes Marketing Board has found. The âgreen factorâ is now one…
Tag: environment
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Government to impose minimum design standards
Communities secretary Hazel Blears launched a strategy to improve design standards in new public buildings. She said that badly designed estates and low quality neighbourhoods âencourage crime, undermine communities, deter…
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Lunchtime news Friday 12 September 2026
Bank of England governor Mervyn King ruled out an extension to the special liquidity scheme and warned the government not to try to offset the mortgage lending drought by bankrolling…
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Lunchtime news Monday 8 September 2026
Figures published by the department for Communities and Local Government show there is enough brownfield land in England to accommodate more than one million homes. Of the land suitable for…
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Eco development given planning permission
An eco-village in South Gloucestershire, which has been billed as Englandâs first large scale zero carbon development, has been given full planning permission. Hanham Hall, a development between Barratt Developments…
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Housing associations reject âsubstandardâ homes
Thousands of developersâ surplus new-build homes are being rejected by housing associations because they arenât of a high enough standard. The government set up a national clearing house to help…
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Lunchtime news May 3
The first 15 Wimpey homes designed by star architect Richard Rogers have been unveiled in Milton Keynes. The development includes two, three, four and five-bedroom homes in ten different designs.…
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Lunchtime news May 21
Government housing policy is still failing on sustainability, according to a major report from the Sustainable Development Commission this morning. The report says it has made progress with its pledge…
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Carbon neutral needs defining
The governmentâs definition of carbon neutral must be made easier for the public to understand, the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) said. It is calling for a kitemark accreditation in…
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Tree house
MORE DETAILS are emerging about housing-related measures in today’s pre-Budget report (see story below): The target for the number of people helped by shared equity schemes by 2010 has been…