Planning

The government has committed an unprecedented £39 billion over the next decade to build 1.5 million affordable homes, signaling a significant, long-term push to ease the nation's housing crisis

With interest in traditional new builds flagging, growing public demand for self and custom-build homes makes expanding permissions in this sector vital to delivering the homes the UK desperately needs

Government pressures housebuilders to build faster but critics clash over who’s really to blame for Britain’s housing crisis

How one council leads the way in housing supply amid national challenges

Angela Rayner's UKREiiF address promises a new phase for SME housebuilders, introducing planning reforms, grey belt development and a commitment to homes built to last

Martin Clunes challenges traveller site plan in Dorset amid flooding and soakaway concerns

North London objections shine spotlight on heat pump noise, policy contradictions and planning reform

Planning inspectors rule £3m London home's cinema, gym and sauna must be buried – permanently

Are modern construction methods inadvertently making our homes more vulnerable to rapid fire spread? According to the London Fire Brigade the answer is yes

Critics question the efficacy of the proposed Nature Restoration Fund and the evidence base for the Planning and Infrastructure Bill's environmental provisions