Housing

Election can offer a sensible planning system reboot

We’re in election mode.   The Labour leader is going around all the media outlets telling everyone he is a…

UKREiiF might have been rainy but it offers sunnier days ahead for the UK’s built environment

Well that was UKREiiF and despite the inclement weather, the conference proved to be a useful forum for casting…

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. 

Planning by appeal is planning to fail

The team at the HBF has been doing some great work of late uncovering some of the glitches in…

Where have all the philanthrophic housebuilders gone?

The Victorians were a peculiar bunch. Frequently unable to communicate their emotions on a personal level, they found alternative…

Crossrail 2: Use it or lose it

With the Mayoral Election less than a week away, it’s remarkable how the topic of infrastructure has barely been…

The Springfield hospital case – How politicians get captured by interest groups

Last month’s decision by Wandsworth Council to continue a more than decade long theme of opposing the Springfield Hospital…

House rules

There’s no shortage in supply when it comes to new housing rules.   Take a step back and you realise…

The Clapham Case: Why Estate Regeneration is a long term business

For anyone who commutes through Clapham Junction station, they will be familiar with the ongoing redevelopment of the Peabody…

Forest Road an exemplar in small site development

It was great to see Pocket Living’s Forest Road open its doors on Monday with a procession of politicians…