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“Ineffective” national planning policy, which “has no teeth” is holding the industrial sector back from supporting the UK’s economic recovery from COVID-19, according to planning and development consultancy Turley.
Despite the radical reforms promised in the 2020 Planning White Paper, there is scant regard to the role of industry and logistics, in spite of the
Continue reading Government is holding the industrial sector back with ineffective planning policy, says Turley
London housing association uses Totalmobile’s cloud-based job management solution Connect to power up a new in-house repairs service for residents
Totalmobile, the UK leader in Field Service Management software solutions, recently announced that it has provided the technology for Barnet Homes to successfully launch a new in-house repairs service that is dedicated to improving
Continue reading Barnet Homes Launches In-house Repairs Team with Totalmobile to Improve Tenant Services
Stuart Hardisty
By Stuart Hardisty
Yesterday I spoke at the Westminster Briefing event on Planning Policy Reforms Under the New Government www.westminster-briefing.com/Planning_Under_The_New_Government around the impacts of such reform on employment land, an issue I am firmly embedded in.
Three years ago I wrote a blog post setting out a series of risk factors
Continue reading The impacts of planning reform on employment land
Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick today unveiled a new £12 million boost for affordable homes, in a bid to make it easier for people to get on the housing ladder. The programme represents the highest single funding commitment to affordable housing in a decade.
Commenting on the measures, Peter Hogg, UK Cities Director at Arcadis,
Continue reading Affordable homes: Comment from Arcadis
Blackwall Reach
SAFETY checks have been carried out on hundreds of high rise buildings* in the last 12 months, with many having to be reclad to meet regulations*.
In June 2017, all local authorities and housing associations were told by the Department for Communities and Local Government to carry out safety checks on
Continue reading FIRE SAFETY: HIGH ON THE AGENDA FOR HIGH RISE REFURBISHMENTS
Councils’ ability to replace homes sold under Right to Buy (RTB) will be all but eliminated within five years without major reform of the scheme, new analysis from the Local Government Association has told GPSJ today.
The current Right-to-Buy system only allows councils to keep a third of each RTB receipt to build a replacement
Continue reading RIGHT TO BUY REPLACEMENT WILL BE ALL BUT ELIMINATED IN JUST FIVE YEARS, WARNS LGA
Responding to today’s announcement by Communities Secretary Sajid Javid that a green paper for social housing will be brought forward, Cllr Martin Tett, the LGA’s Housing spokesman, said: “The LGA has long-called for more powers to build good quality and genuinely affordable homes. We are encouraged that the Government is to bring forward its green
Continue reading LGA RESPONDS TO GOVERNMENT’S PLAN TO BRING FORWARD SOCIAL HOUSING GREEN PAPER
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