Plans to build 55 affordable new council homes on the site of a previous primary school in Dumbarton have been approved by councillors. The 1.9-acre area has been unoccupied since the former Aitkenbar Primary School was demolished in 2016. The new development will see the site renovated into mixed housing including 24 one-bedroom flats, two, three and four-bedroom semi-detached houses, two three-bedroom accessible bungalows and four-bedroom detached homes. A tree-lined road w

As Kit Malthouse admits that the government will fail to keep its promise of building 200,000 ‘starter homes’, the National Federation of Builders (NFB) has said it is not surprised by the scheme’s collapse. In 2016 the Government allocated £1.2bn to the ‘starter homes’ programme, which intended to build 200,000 properties exclusively for first-time buyers at a 20% discount on their market value. The National Federation of Builders (NFB) has said it is “not entirely surprised

Up to 1,500 family homes will be built at the Festival Gardens in Liverpool due to a £9.9m funding increase from Homes England. The government’s housing accelerator, which brings experts and funding to areas to tackle the housing crisis – will give a grant of £9.9m to Liverpool City Council. This funding comes from Government’s £450m Local Authority Accelerated Construction programme, which will allow essential remediation work to take place on the site, paving the way for re

Telford Homes, the London-based residential property developer, has revealed that it has exchanged contracts for the conditional purchase of a site on International Way, Stratford. The international way site has been purchased for a total cash consideration of £20m, subject to achieving a acceptable planning consent. The land has been acquired from LCR, the Department for Transport and HS1 Ltd following a competitive process. The purchase of this site, which is neighbouring t

Greater Manchester’s leaders have set out essential housing and transport plans to ensure the city-region can thrive in spite of the national uncertainty posed by Brexit. At a special event today (7 January), Mayor Andy Burnham, alongside Deputy Mayors Sir Richard Leese and Bev Hughes, and the leaders of Greater Manchester councils, summarised a series of bold and far-reaching new housing and transport proposals that showcase the region as a confident, ambitious hub which pla

Eco-friendly Highland construction business, Carbon Dynamic, has gone into administration following ongoing cashflow problems. Carbon Dynamic, which specialised in low-energy pre-fabricated homes and commercial buildings, chose KPMG restructuring experts Geoff Jacobs and Blair Nimmo after experiencing cashflow problems. The company, which was founded in 2012 and was forecasting to turnover £6m in the year to May 2019, previously received grant and loan funding from Royal Bank

The Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government (MHCLG) has released new Affordable Housing Supply figures which shows a 12% increase in affordable homes from 2016-17 to 2017-18. Key findings from the Affordable Housing Supply report include: There were 47,355 affordable homes delivered in England in 2017-18, a growth of 12% compared to 2016- 17. Since 2013-14, affordable rent has become the most common tenure type for affordable homes delivery. In 2017-18, there were

In an attempt to reduce the waiting time for houses, Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council are trailblazing the use of modular homes. Councillor Barry Longden, cabinet member for housing at the Town Hall, said that other councils are now asking them for advice on using prefabricated houses. He said the council built four new homes in Bedworth in just under ten weeks and they hope to build more in a bid to minimise the waiting time for houses in the area. Longden said: “This a

An offsite factory that can create more than 1,000 homes each year has officially opened in Walsall by LoCal Homes. The 56,000 sq ft facility, which produces closed panel timber homes, was publicly opened by housing minister Kit Malthouse. The offsite factory is LoCal Homes’ second instalment in the West Midlands and is the result of a £1m investment from Accord Housing Association. It is likely to increase Accord’s delivery of new homes by up to 300%. The homes can be delive

New research by the FMB (Federation of Master Builders) has shown that people favour building more co-living and micro-homes in urban areas as a solution to the housing crisis, whereas building on the greenbelt is the least favoured solution. The FMB surveyed at least 2,000 homeowners across the UK and asked if there is a housing shortage and if so, how best to address this. The key results are as follows: Two-thirds (66%) believe that there is a shortage of housing in the UK