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9 of the fanciest home features to impress your Christmas guests - And how much they'll set you back

As the festive season approaches and we prepare to welcome guests into our homes, Enness Global has identified nine of the most extravagant and fancy home features that define true luxury at Christmas. But impressing the most discerning house guests doesn't come cheap, with the final bill coming in at around £750,000

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Digitally Mapping: the Future by David Churchill, Partner, Carter Jonas (London)

The Government’s ambition for the planning and development sector, as cited in the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill, is to achieve ‘full digitalisation of the system’, with the objective of making the planning process faster and more efficient. It proposes that standardised and reusable data be used to inform plan-making, that digitalisation allows both plans and their underpinning data to...

The Upwards Trajectory on the Graph of Build to Rent Investment Potential by Andrew Jones, Group Director, Corporate Lettings & Build to Rent, Leaders Romans Group (LRG)

There’s no denying that investment within the private rented sector (PRS) is being challenged. But while individual landlords are increasingly being compromised, the rental sector provides greater opportunity to institutional investors than ever before.

Analysis released by the British Property Federation (BPF) on 20 October states that the sector could be worth £170bn by 2032 as a...

In its recent revisions to the NPPF, the Government committed to ‘build enough of the right homes in the right places with the right infrastructure’. Unfortunately it has set out to achieve this by blaming the failure to do so on developers – specifically

Landbanking Gives LURB a bad name by Grant Leggett, Executive Director, Boyer (part of Leaders Romans Group)

In its revisions to the NPPF, the Government committed to ‘build enough of the right homes in the right places with the right infrastructure’. Unfortunately it has set out to achieve this by blaming the failure to do so on developers – specifically ‘bad developers’ who ‘play the planning system’.

Michael Gove also tabled an amendment to the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill in a...

Sussex housebuilder downs its lawnmowers in Yapton

This Spring, David Wilson Homes’ Ryebank Gate development in Yapton joined Plantlife’s national #NoMowMay 2023 campaign, leaving the designated areas free from lawnmowers until the end of July. This is in light of new research, which recently found that mowing a lawn less frequently can provide enough nectar sugar for ten times the number of pollinating insects, such as bees and butterflies...

Housebuilder steps up for St Barnabas Hospice this National Walking Month

This National Walking Month, the sales teams from housebuilder David Wilson Southern Counties have embarked on two walking challenges amounting to 28 miles as part of their fundraising activities for their 2023 charity of the year, St Barnabas House. Thanks to generous local support, the team has raised a total of £3,775 so far for the charity.

The first-leg of the challenge...

Tee Up A Move To One Of The Final New Homes In Tettenhall

WITH just two new homes in Tettenhall available, buyers are being urged to swing into action and arrange a viewing. Elan Homes has transformed an eight-acre parcel of land on Popes Lane, adjoining Wergs Golf Course. The former storage facility is now an intimate development of premium quality executive family homes with potential for stunning views over the course.

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Doncaster Foodbank receives £1,500 donation from housebuilder

Doncaster Foodbank has received a generous £1,500 donation from local housebuilder, Barratt Developments Yorkshire East, as part of its Community Fund initiative.

The foodbank started in 2013 and provides massive support all around Doncaster. During the last financial year, they fed over 8,000 people via their three foodbank centres in Doncaster City - a figure which had doubled from...

Deposit Help On New Homes in Blackpool

WITH the chance to receive more than £20,000 towards the deposit, a new home in Blackpool could be easier to afford. Elan Homes is offering a 5% gifted deposit contribution on selected properties at its Redwood Gardens development.

Ideally positioned in the Marton Moss area, between Blackpool and Lytham, Redwood Gardens offers a good mix of new homes.

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Reducing car use on greenfield developments - can residents be encouraged to abandon the car? By Johnny Clayton Head of Masterplanning, Carter Jonas

National planning policy has long sought to lower emissions and reduce reliance on the private car. Likewise, local authorities, the majority of which have declared a climate emergency, increasingly seek to do so through Local Plans and transport policies.

A survey of recently built developments, however, suggests that policy aspirations are failing to materialise. Building Car...

Can BTR Suburban Communities Deliver on the Levelling up Agenda? by Ian Barnett, National Land Director, Leaders Romans Group (LRG)

With Michael Gove returning as Secretary of State at the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, it’s (reasonably) safe to assume that the levelling up agenda will be resumed. But how will its roll-out be impacted by recent events, and how will that affect the BTR market?

Changing political and economic factors

The situation has changed significantly since Gove...

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