Latest State of Trade Survey strikes positive note for SME construction firms with five years of growth

Building industry organisations 18 May 2018

The Federation of Master Builder’s latest State of Trade Survey proves positive for small and medium-sized (SME) construction firms, despite recent rises in material prices.

Raynsford Review slams planning as being out of touch with people’s lives

Architecture & DesignBuilding industry organisationsDevelopersGovernment and housing 16 May 2018

The former housing and planning minister and TCPA president Nick Raynsford has slammed the planning system as failing outright in the recently published Interim Report of the Raynsford Review: Planning […]

Pilot community land auctions says Resolution Foundation’s Intergenerational Commission

Building industry organisations 15 May 2018

The Resolution Foundation has published its much anticipated Intergenerational Commission, exploring the assumption that each generation will do better than the one before it. Following two years of research, its […]

Dover District Council announces Community-led Housing and Self Build Conference and community grants

CouncilsDevelopersGovernment and housingNaCSBA 09 May 2018

Dover District Council has announced a new Community-led Housing and Self Build Conference and grants to bring on local, affordable community-led housing schemes for local people.

Facit Homes honoured with a Queen’s Award for Enterprise for innovative on-site build model

Architecture & DesignBuilding industry organisationsManufacturers 08 May 2018

Facit Homes has been honoured with a Queen’s Award for Enterprise for its innovative approach to housing design and manufacturing

Urban Splash takes bold steps forward with successful modular housing business

Architecture & DesignDevelopersManufacturersProjects 04 May 2018

Urban Splash’s has taken significant steps forward with its modular housing business. The award-winning regeneration company, trading as Urban Splash Modular Ltd, made two recent announcements showing significant advancement in the development of its modular construction company.

From NIMBY to YIMBY – why our planning system needs to change

Building industry organisationsDevelopers 03 May 2018

Create Streets has published a comprehensive paper, From NIMBY to YIMBY: How to win votes by building more homes. In the paper, Nicholas Boys Smith Founding Director of Create Streets, […]

Raab calls for better design quality, citing sites with custom build as best practice

Architecture & DesignDevelopersGovernment and housing 02 May 2018

In the Government’s first Housing Design Quality Conference, Housing Minister Dominic Raab called for better design to underpin our housing supply market, citing sites with custom build as best practice.

James Brokenshire replaces Sajid Javid as housing secretary

Government and housing 01 May 2018

James Brokenshire replaces Sajid Javid as the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government following Sajid Javid’s departure for the home office.

50 organisations protest at missing Garden City principles in draft NPPF

Architecture & DesignGovernment and housing 25 Apr 2018

The TCPA has issued a 50-strong joint statement calling on Government to reinstate the Garden Communities principles consideration into the draft revised National Planning Policy Framework.