This isn’t a ‘cladding crisis’ Michael Gove, it’s a building safety crisis

When Michael Gove stood up in the Commons and announced that leaseholders in lower-rise blocks would no longer have to pay for the removal of dangerous cladding themselves, it seemed like the beginning of the end of a long nightmare for them. Responsibility for the building safety crisis lies with a multitude of companies and […]

Developers to face legal action if they reject £4bn plan to tackle cladding crisis

The Housing secretary Michael Gove will today announce plans to overhaul the government’s previous proposals for tackling the cladding crisis. Following the Grenfell Tower fire in 2017 in which 72 people died, recommendations from phase 1 of the Grenfell inquiry has led to major changes in fire safety standards. But the Fire Safety Act 2021 […]

Planning reform: another brick in the wall

It has become something of a joke that planning permission in the UK takes forever to attain. The government is trying to address this, as well as issues around affordable homes, with a drastic overhaul to planning rules. “The current planning system in the UK is highly discretionary,” explained Anthony Breach, a senior analyst for […]

140,000 new homes a year needed to ‘level up’ North & Midlands says new report

Several leading figures in UK housing have advised ministers that a “radical rethink” on housing delivery is needed if the government is to succeed in levelling up the country, as new research suggests that over the next two decades as many as 140,000 homes will be required every year particularly in the North and the […]