What future UK New Towns Can Learn from Copenhagen’s Nordhavn and Ørestad
As the UK renews its ambition to deliver a new generation of towns, there is understandable pressure…
The key questions for Britain’s brownfield emergency measures
With a consultation imminent to address the London brownfield crisis, stem the job losses and relocations occurring…
Big capital stuck in UK Capital
Last week we saw another sign of the decapitalisation of the London residential development market with
London residential land market: frozen or thawing?
After months of speculation, measures to support London house building will be consulted on in the coming…
Everything you have always wanted to know about funding home building (but were afraid to ask)
The UK housing development sector is being decapitalized. Evidence? The thousands of homes in static consents across…
Progress for London housebuilding policy…but the clock is ticking
The government and City Hall deserve credit for taking the first difficult steps to reversing this generational…
Make viability great again
There’s been a lot of chatter about planning reforms. How effective they may or may not be…
National housing policy is dysfunctional we must rewire to get building
How does bad policy get made? The development sector has weathered more than its fair share in…
New Towns could be great, or could be housing’s HS2
Just over a week ago the Government published its blueprint for the next wave of New Towns. …
We are in ICU and need emergency (planning) surgery
I have been reflecting on the recent propviews article which draws out the astonishing stat that…
