4/3/2025 3:22:25 PM Publication of new NHBC Housing Warranty Policies including changes in respect of insolvency cover By Triya Maicha Philip Evans Ben Halsey On 1 April 2025, the National Housebuilding Council (NHBC) published an updated version of its Buildmark and Buildmark Choice Housing...
3/31/2025 11:19:28 AM Spring Statement - 2025 By Ben Halsey The key announcements for the housing sector in the Chancellor's Spring Statement last week were as follows: 2bn grant...
3/26/2025 11:54:04 AM 5 key takeaways from Devonshires' Breakfast Briefing on the Commonhold White Paper By Jonathan Corris Mark Foxcroft Ben Halsey Earlier this week, we were pleased to hold a breakfast briefing on the Government’s Commonhold White Paper (CWP). The briefing...
2/12/2025 4:22:04 PM Breaking news - Top-up package announced for Affordable Housing funding programme(s) By Ben Halsey Additional funding has been announced in respect of the existing Affordable Homes Programme (AHP) - £300m for the delivery of up to 2,800...
12/18/2024 10:18:10 AM Homes England publishes ‘clearance’ database of Section 106 affordable housing sites By Ben Halsey Triya Maicha Jonathan Corris Jonathan Jarvis +1 more... Show less Homes England (HE) has now made available the Section 106 Affordable Housing Clearing Service, which is a database (or what some are...
3/1/2024 12:08:35 PM Key Takeaways from Bisnow's Single Family Rental Summit By Triya Maicha The UK's single-family rental sector is a key component of the real estate landscape, providing standalone dwellings for individual...
2/13/2024 2:49:53 PM Changes to the National Planning Policy Framework and further changes to come By Camilla Weston Hannah Langford The Government’s updated National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) published in December 2023 focuses on housing delivery, efficient land...
1/19/2024 11:26:56 AM Biodiversity Net Gain launch date confirmed as 12 February 2024 By Hannah Langford The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) have confirmed that Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) will be mandatory for new...
1/9/2024 9:46:01 AM Use it or lose it – local authorities to get control over empty high street premises By Neil Toner The compulsory commercial property auction is one of the most radical, but least reported on, concepts contained within the Levelling-up...
10/12/2023 2:31:39 PM Rent reform introduced for shared ownership leases By Samantha Grix Coming as somewhat of a surprise, the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) has today announced reforms to shared...
9/14/2023 8:46:15 AM The House of Lords have rejected the Government's nitrate neutrality amendments to the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill (LURB) By Hannah Langford The Government’s proposed amendments to LURB to address 'defective EU laws’ relating to nutrient neutrality were blocked by the House of...
8/29/2023 10:24:27 AM Government announces plans to unblock housing development and to do away with "defective EU laws" relating to nutrient neutrality By Hannah Langford Michael Gove and Therese Coffey announcement on nutrient neutrality has just been announced: 100,000 more homes to be built via reform of...