CPRE sets out its vision of the country in 2026
The planning system must not become a âtool for promoting economic developmentâ, the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) said, setting out its vision for the future of the English…
Tag: house building target
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House building target in disarray
House building rates have almost halved during the past year, pushing them to their lowest level for three decades according to government figures. Only 22,000 homes were started in England…
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Thames Gateway on track
The £9.6 billion regeneration project in the Thames Gateway will not be weakened by the economic crisis, Margaret Beckett said. Building targets for the area include 160,000 new homes by…
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Orders for homes slump at end of 2008
Demand for orders of public and housing association homes slumped 20 per cent in the last three months of 2008 according to figures from the Office for National Statistics. Overall…
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Drip feeding the housing market
House builders are drip feeding homes on to the market so they don’t flood the market and cause further price falls industry experts warned yesterday. The practice is ‘widespread’ among…
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Demand for increase in land supply
There will need to be a 67 per cent increase in the amount of land available for new housing if the government is to meet its housing target, according to…
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Record rise in empty homes
The Empty Homes Agency (EHA) has reacted with dismay to the latest government figures showing the largest annual jump in empty homes in 17 years. There were just under 700,000…
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HCA ‘ready to deliver’ house building
The Homes and Communities Agency says it is ready to begin delivering the significantly enlarged programme of public house building when it takes responsibility of the additional £1.5 billion promised…
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Council house building will be a ‘drop in the ocean’
And still on the Budget – the £100 million announced by Alistair Darling to help councils start building houses has been described as a ‘drop in the ocean’ after it…
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House building hit by fall in value of land
House builders are likely to become more conservative and turn their backs on major regeneration schemes in response to the recession, according to research by Knight Frank. House builders and…