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2026 will be our bounce back year

Ours is an industry built on choices, confidence, and consequences. ​We often forget how…

Building Safety Regulator needs fixes fast to be effective

The tragic loss of at least 151 lives to the fire at Wang Fuk Court in Hong…

Everything you have always wanted to know about property development (but were afraid to ask)

A widening gulf exists between the complexity and sophistication of the property development environment and some of…

Time is not your friend in planning world

Lichfields new planning research ‘How long is a piece of string’ should help focus some of the conversations…

Why we need a Minister for Development Delivery

It was both eye catching and smart for Keir Starmer to include several individuals with commercial experience in his…

12 Days of Christmas and 12 Real Estate Highlights for 2024 Part 2

We’re now well into the 12 days of Christmas so what better way to see them through but with…

Twelve days of Christmas and twelve highlights of 2024

We’re almost there – Christmas and nearly a wrap for 2024.  What a year, the property industry continues to…

Migration Advisory Committee offers certainty to UK development sector

Sensible assessments by authoritative third-party bodies are fundamental to the UK development sector’s ability to plan and invest. 

HS2 and the art of infrastructure

The week’s new cycle has been peppered with government prevarication on HS2.  Will they, won’t they.  Which bits are…

Nutrient no go

The defeat of the Government sponsored amendment seeking to resolve the housing logjam caused by the issue of nutrient…