News Archive - Jun 2007 - Buildstore

An MP has written to housing minister Yvette Cooper in an effort to find out why a regional planning strategy was rejected, it has been advised. Andr...

An MP has written to housing minister Yvette Cooper in an effort to find out why a regional planning strategy was rejected, it has been advised. Andr...

New Housing Corporation chief executive Steve Douglas has said that increasing the supply of land available for construction in the UK is one of his...

An award-winning home has been built on a brownfield site in Brighton using a variety of innovative building materials , it has been revealed. The...

The University of Reading has revealed that it intends to redevelop large portions of the land which it owns within the town, including a brownfield...

The risks involved in building on or around landfills have been greatly reduced by improvements in containment techniques, it has been advised. The C...

Plans put forward in late 2006 seeking to tax increases in land value following the awarding of planning permission are unfeasible and should be eit...

House price growth rose by 1.1 per cent in June to lift the annual rate of price inflation to its highest level since January 2005, the Nationwide bui...

Prime minister Gordon Brown has a "great opportunity" to improve the way in which brownfield land is used across the UK, it has been sugge...

The deputy governor of the Bank of England has said that interest rates are too low and should be raised next week. With the Bank set to decide on wh...

Around 40 per cent of all land in England and Wales remains unregistered despite an upsurge in registration rates, it has been advised. The Land ...

The government could succeed in reaching out to less well-informed homeowners if it were to provide tangible incentives for homeowners to become envir...

Cement and building materials firms from across Europe continued to perform well in the first half of the year after a record-breaking 2006, it has ...

The next three years will see a period of sustained growth in the construction sector as the market matches overall UK economic performance, it has be...

Incoming prime minister Gordon Brown is include housing minister Yvette Cooper in his new Cabinet in an effort to place a greater emphasis on the impo...

Britons have been advised to be cautious when it comes to repairing derelict properties, as the wrong kind of adjustments could prove to be highly dam...

The National Federation of Builders (NFB) has announced its annual income figures, revealing a record surplus of £300,000. That figure will be r...

A National Housing Federation (NHF) spokesperson has said that much of the land that is currently defined as greenbelt or greenfield is in fact &q...

Market towns in England are being transformed from emblems of the rural community into smaller versions of their urban counterparts due to an influx o...

Gordon Brown must not go down the route of previous prime ministers and promise to resolve housing issues while in effect doing nothing of the sort, i...

The efficiency with which local planning authorities handle planning applications is continuing to improve, it has been suggested. Planning minister ...

The government''s new housing and regeneration agency will be able to buy greenfield land , it has been announced. A paper unveiled at the Chartered...

Planning regulations are among the aspects of the house building industry that are set to be investigated by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT), it ha...

The Conservative party will tackle the housing crisis by reforming the planning system and even considering alterations to land regulations, it has ...

Plans to build zero carbon homes across the UK are still a long way off despite increased publicity for the eco-friendly developments in recent months...

The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has revealed that lending figures are set to cool as interest rates take hold, despite statistics showing that...

A new study has found that not only are more and more Britons turning to DIY , but that increasing numbers are attracted by the prospect of improving...

The Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH) has welcomed a new review of social housing regulations that has also received strong support from the govern...

The Town and Country Planning Association (TCPA) has called for an increase in investment in London to increase its environmental standards. Specific...

Research released by insurance company Alliance & Leicester has shown that many ambitious UK youngsters expect to own property by the age of 30. ...

Communities secretary Ruth Kelly claims that the government''s new housing and regeneration body Communities England will boost housing supply across ...

Four in five people have been hit with an unexpected expense over the last year, the majority connected with costs of building repairs, new research r...

Potential land buyers in the Midlands have been advised to be on their guard following the revelation that several companies offering land in the regi...

Almost 60,000 new homes should be built every year until 2011 on greenfield sites and in villages if the demand for housing is to be met, it has been ...

New figures have revealed that the rate of house price growth in May slowed to its lowest level for over 12 months, corresponding with recent studies ...

House builders facing up to land supply problems should consider other issues as well as questions surrounding the planning system, a new report has a...

Homeowners are spending thousands of pounds on home improvements within the first year of moving in to their new home, it has been advised. Research ...

The Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) is to launch a new network designed to bring together experts to discuss housing issues facing local communit...

The number of houses being built in Buxton, Derbyshire has increased to such an extent that building targets in danger of being missed a few months ag...

The National House-Building Council (NHBC) has published new guidelines for builders outlining the ways in which new environmentally friendly technolo...

The Home Builders Federation (HBF) has called for Gordon Brown to prove his environmental credentials by creating a new cabinet role for a minister de...

The first homes in the country to be awarded 'Generation Homes' status by the government will be found at Kingsley in Hampshire, it has been reveale...

The level of construction activity in the UK last month rose in spite of higher borrowing costs, it has been revealed. Property firm Savills has repo...

Small building firms and tradesmen are increasingly falling foul of red tape due to the sheer weight of regulatory change that is being placed upon th...

Building firms from across the UK and Europe are lining up to help create one of the UK's first eco-villages, it has been suggested. The 150-home de...

The Construction Industry Council (CIC) has called for the government to set up a department specialising in construction issues in order to combat ri...

The Open Market Homebuy Scheme (OMHB) launched by the government in October has caught on in London and the surround areas, it has been revealed, with...

House price growth slowed to 0.5 per cent in May, with annual price increases now standing at 8.5 per cent, the Financial Times (FT) House Price Index...

Villagers in Shropshire have been asked to give up any free land they might hold as part of a drive to resolve housing shortage difficulties in the ar...

An appeal will decide if plans to build new homes on greenbelt land can go ahead, it has been advised. Environmental concerns have led to other appli...

The new government-funded National Housing and Advice Unit (NHPAU) has come under fire from the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) following the pub...

Use of local governments' online planning schemes is on the increase as homeowners and builders increasingly turn to the internet, it has been reveal...

Roof gardens are a valuable way for urban homeowners to both spruce up their properties and play their part in saving the environment, it has been adv...

A new government-funded unit has been launched with the intention of analysing housing plans in an effort to reduce affordability problems. The Natio...

Interest rates have been held at 5.5 per cent following the Bank of England's latest monthly meeting, it has been announced. With four rate rises ha...

The rate of house price growth last month was just 0.3 per cent last month, it has been revealed, but analysts remain confident that the property mark...

Brownfield land 'must be for the masses' Brownfield land is being heralded as the only solution to the UK's current affordable housing shortage bu...

Countryside campaigners in the west Midlands are campaigning against new-builds being created on greenfield land. The Regional Assembly in the west M...

Holiday homes are still creating problems of affordability for people who live in rural or coastal areas, according to one expert. Nicholas Leeming, ...

Britain's seaside towns are ripe for redevelopment at the moment because a buoyant property market is leading affluence into these areas, according t...

The latest in trendy home improvements is to create a sunroom in your home which allows you to experience the outdoors in a comfortable indoor garden ...

A large and tidy garden is crucial in attracting buyers to your home, according to experts. Lucian Cook, from estate agent Savills, says that almost ...

Planning laws mean that there isn't a level playing field for small businesses in the UK and this means people who want to shop in their own town cen...

Modern planning and the building of out-of-town shopping centres means that Britain is losing its identity with town centres becoming ghost towns, acc...

New-build communities may be the answer to the UK's housing shortage and may also be good news for the environment because they "provide opportu...

The best value home development projects in Britain differ according to their location and the style of the property involved, according to a new repo...

The top three home conversion projects which Britons believe will add value to their homes are not the same as the ones which estate agents recommend,...

Many people are turning to equity release programmes as they try to better their lifestyles with money gained from releasing the equity from their hom...

Timber shortages in the UK have left customers turning to the black market for fencing and paying up to four times the usual price. With many DIY sto...

Amber Valley Housing's home improvement programme, which is upgrading former council houses with new kitchens and bathrooms, as well as double glazin...

Annual house price growth is showing signs of abating after May witnessed a 0.5 per cent rise, compared to a 0.9 per cent rise in April, according to ...

Boscombe's £20 million luxury apartment development, The Reef, is proving to be extremely popular with buyers, with £14 million worth of ap...