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HCA announces first sites for land disposal programme

By admin | Published April 20, 2011

The Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) has revealed the first sites to be released through the land disposal programme as announced in the Budget. HCA will use its experience and property assets to bring forward sites for development at an accelerated rate, which will allow more homes to be delivered on its land. The Agency [...]

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Planning permission granted for new village on Skye

By admin | Published April 20, 2011

Outline planning permission to build a new village on the Isle of Skye was granted yesterday by local planning authority the Highland Council. The proposed development includes 93 homes, offices, sports facilities and a shop. If completed, it would link the two campuses of Scotland’s national centre for Gaelic language and culture, located on both [...]

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Land auctions: the unanswered questions

By admin | Published April 14, 2011

One of its lesser reported, but still significant announcements, was plans for pilot schemes in which public land with planning permission is auctioned off to developers. The Government is hoping that trialling the land disposal element of the land auctions model will boost development, because it allows for councils to capture most of the rise [...]

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Bellway exceeds targets and enjoys a bright Spring

By admin | Published March 30, 2011

Bellway has exceeded its targets for the six months to the end of January, with completions up 4% to 2,322 and pre-tax profit up 26% to £24 million. Chairman Howard Dawe said that visitors and reservations “have returned to the pattern of a traditional Spring market” and welcomed last week’s Budget announcements. Sourced from: House [...]

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Housing shortage crisis predicted in IPPR report

By admin | Published March 14, 2011

England is facing a “growing housing crisis”, according to a report which estimates a shortfall of 750,000 homes by 2025. The country needs to build more homes even if the economy continues to falter, the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) concludes. It found the biggest shortfall would be in London, the South East of [...]

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