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Make planning quicker for beautiful schemes, report says

2020-01-30T06:00:00Z

¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓ Better, ¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓ Beautiful Commission spells out 45 recommendations

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Key Grenfell witnesses want immunity from prosecution before giving evidence

2020-01-29T11:43:00Z

Employees from main contractor Rydon among those who have asked inquiry chair for promise ahead of testimony

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Grenfell fire safety consultant was not sent key report, inquiry told

2020-01-29T06:00:00Z

Exova simply not involved in choosing cladding, firm’s QC says

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Profits at Crest and McCarthy & Stone tumble

2020-01-28T11:16:00Z

Brexit and exceptional items blamed for falls

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Developers trying to avoid 18m cladding rule, government official says

2020-01-28T06:00:00Z

¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓs above this height banned from using combustible cladding

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Jenrick approves 2,400 homes in London and Gloucestershire

2020-01-23T14:30:00Z

The housing secretary has backed inspectors’ calls to grant permission for schemes in London and Gloucestershire

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Countryside to open second housing factory next year

2020-01-23T12:20:00Z

First modular plant is now operating two shifts to meet demand, housebuilder says

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Housing audit lays into ‘greedy’ firms over poor quality of designs

2020-01-21T06:00:00Z

Report finds ‘unethical’ housebuilders are designing just 26% of homes well

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Government announces plans to toughen combustible cladding ban

2020-01-21T06:00:00Z

Height threshold to be lowered as housing secretary spells out more details on building safety regulator

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More private tower blocks found to have combustible cladding

2020-01-17T06:00:00Z

Just 23 of 197 blocks have solved risk from ACM since Grenfell fire

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Swan latest modular firm to ditch CLT for high-rise apartments

2020-01-16T06:00:00Z

Housing association says combustibles ban prompted decision to move to steel system for offsite homes

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Persimmon tackles quality issues as sales fall

2020-01-15T11:24:00Z

¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓ comes as HR expert recruited as part of housebuilder’s turn-around plan resigns

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Profit to eclipse forecast, says new Bovis business

2020-01-15T11:15:00Z

Company now known as Vistry says consumer confidence is up

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Hong Kong developer says Bardsley collapse brought forward plans to set up building arm

2020-01-14T10:42:00Z

Far East Consortium launches DEX Construction

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Taylor Wimpey remains cautious despite industry’s ‘Boris bounce’ hopes

2020-01-14T10:07:00Z

Housebuilder says 2019 margins have been hit by slowdown in London and South east

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Persimmon carrying out thousands of inspections at timber-frame homes

2020-01-14T06:01:00Z

Around 500 being looked at every week

Features

Will Persimmon now put its own house in order?

2020-01-14T06:00:00Z

Has Persimmon’s financial success come at the expense of quality and safety?

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Caddick eyes more London work as firm switches offices

2020-01-14T06:00:00Z

Yorkshire contractor and developer creates new role to target sites in capital and South east

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Kier gets nod for Cardiff homes

2020-01-13T06:00:00Z

Work on Lisvane scheme to start later this month

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Hackitt suspects Persimmon not alone in safety failings

2020-01-13T06:00:00Z

Grenfell report author says other firms should follow housebuilder’s lead