It’s time to make sustainable development the norm
Environmental issues can cause major impacts on development timescales and costs. Charlie Knox, director of environmental and sustainability at building
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Housing
Housing developers should not destroy wildlife, Brokenshire warns
Developers should take more care during building work not to disturb nearby wildlife habitats, the housing secretary James Brokenshire has
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Housing developers must offset energy to reach carbon neutrality
Housing developers should use local carbon offsetting projects, such as energy efficiency programmes and renewable energy installations, to ensure new developments
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Tackling climate change whilst improving livability an ‘unenviable’ challenge
City planners are facing an ‘unenviable’ balancing act of tackling climate change and improving quality of life, according to new
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Scottish social homes to go solar following £13m investment
£13.4m will be spent on a variety of low carbon projects in Scotland, including solar panels placed on social housing
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People happier in more scenic surroundings, study finds
The first ever large-scale quantitative research project into how our surroundings impact happiness has revealed that people are happier in more
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Spring Statement: Brexit ‘cloud of uncertainty’ could halt clean growth
Chancellor Philip Hammond unveiled his Spring Statement today (March 13) which introduced a wave of consultations, reviews and policies to
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How women around the world are creating greener, better buildings
Climate champions from around the world are celebrating International Women’s Day by pushing gender equality as a way to save
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UK homes not equipped to tackle climate change, warns CCC
The environmental standards of homes must be improved to help the UK reduce greenhouse gas emissions and reach its climate
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National Trust joins forces with housing association to revive nature trail
The National Trust and housing association, Your Housing Group, have joined forces to revive a nature trail on the outskirts
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UK’s largest modular council housing scheme proposed for Leeds
The UK’s largest fully modular council housing and apartment scheme in the UK could be built in Leeds, following a planning
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Energy generating ‘smart bricks’ on display in London gallery
Innovative ‘smart brick’ technology capable of recycling wastewater and generating electricity from sunlight is on display at a renowned London
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Transport should be better integrated within housing developments, says report
Economic and social benefits are being lost in new housing developments due to a lack of sustainable transport funding, according
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Government commits further £9m for new garden towns
The government has committed an extra £9m of funding to speed up the building of new garden towns and villages
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Thousands of ‘illegal’ landlords breaking the law on energy certificates
A million rental properties across England and Wales have no Energy Performance Certificate (EPC), with tens of thousands of landlords breaking
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Why the government has a ‘lazy and populist’ approach towards unauthorised traveller sites
Helen Jones, chief executive of Gypsy and Traveller charity Leeds Gate, responds to the Home Secretary’s plans to give police ‘tough
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Planning departments understaffed and underskilled, warns report
A report from the National Audit Office (NAO) has painted a bleak picture of understaffed and underskilled local authority planning
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Sustainable housing should have more ‘built-in’ environmental features, report finds
Sustainable housing developments should have more environmentally-friendly features ‘built-in’ rather than them relying on good resident behaviour, a new report
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Air quality appeal over 4000-home development thrown out
The Communities Secretary did not have a duty to call in a planning application for a major housing development that
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Homes to be winched onto London’s rooftops to tackle housing shortage
Homes will be winched onto rooftops to help tackle London’s housing shortage, after Homes England agreed a £9m funding deal
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