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Housing
The Thames Gateway
Europe’s largest regeneration project, stretching 40 miles along the Thames Estuary
Concreting the countryside / Focus / The Thames Gateway
Housing in England
a guide to housing in England
Eco Towns
A government response to the challenges of climate change, sustainable living and to increase house supply
Concreting the countryside / Focus / Eco Towns
Britain’s environmental heritage at risk, warns CPRE
Britain risks losing its "fabulous inheritance of landscape and wildlife" as the Government allows developments - including its flagship eco-town projects - to spring up across the countryside, the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) has warned
Concreting the countryside / In The News / Britain’s environmental heritage at risk, warns CPRE
New question marks over eco-towns
Nearly all the locations earmarked for new eco-towns have question marks about them, ministers have acknowledged.
Concreting the countryside / In The News / New question marks over eco-towns
The Environmental Audit Committee release new report on government housebuilding plans
The Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) release 'Greener homes for the future? An environmental analysis of the Government’s housebuilding plans'
Concreting the countryside / In The News / The Environmental Audit Committee release new report on government housebuilding plans
Boris Johnson to end London’s hobbit habit with 50,000 new homes
The Mayor of London refused to scale back his housing targets despite gloom in the sector, because while times were “incredibly difficult”, it “doesn’t mean for a second that we should abandon our ambitions”.
Concreting the countryside / In The News / Boris Johnson to end London’s hobbit habit with 50,000 new homes
Architect slams ‘dismal’ UK design
One of Prince Charles's allies in his battle against modern architecture has attacked the "disappointing to dismal" design of British postwar towns.
Concreting the countryside / In The News / Architect slams ‘dismal’ UK design
Quarter of UK homes to be offered green makeover
More than one in four homes in the UK will be offered a complete eco-makeover under ambitious plans expected to be announced this week to slash fuel bills and cut global warming pollution.
Concreting the countryside / In The News / Quarter of UK homes to be offered green makeover
Build 100,000 affordable new homes in next two years, government told
Newly formed 2020 Group says building mroe homes would boost economy and save thousands of jobs
Concreting the countryside / In The News / Build 100,000 affordable new homes in next two years, government told
MPs criticise housing department
A major Whitehall department lacks the skills needed to put vital policies into operation, MPs have said.
Concreting the countryside / In The News / MPs criticise housing department
Number of new homes ‘needs to more than double’ to meet population demand by 2031
The number of new homes being built needs to more than double to meet population demand by 2031, official figures are likely to show today
Concreting the countryside / In The News / Number of new homes ‘needs to more than double’ to meet population demand by 2031
House prices ‘could fall by further 55 per cent’
House prices may fall by a further 55 percent and there is a "very real probability" that Britain will be bankrupted, a leading investment bank has warned in a private note to clients.
Concreting the countryside / In The News / House prices ‘could fall by further 55 per cent’
Eco-towns plan undermined by official report
Gordon Brown’s plans for a generation of 10 new “eco-towns” have been further undermined after their financial prospects were questioned for the first time by the government’s own advisers.
Concreting the countryside / In The News / Eco-towns plan undermined by official report
Eco-towns cannot go ahead without support of local community say townhalls
Eco-towns could be illegal because of a failure to consult properly, according to legal advice given to town halls.
Concreting the countryside / In The News / Eco-towns cannot go ahead without support of local community say townhalls
No 10 denies ‘housing cash row’
Downing Street has denied reports that there is no agreement over funding for Gordon Brown's plan to build an extra 20,000 affordable homes in two years.
Concreting the countryside / In The News / No 10 denies ‘housing cash row’
Four sites to become ‘eco towns’
The locations of four new "eco-towns" have been announced as part of scaled-down government plans. They are Rackheath, Norfolk; north west Bicester, Oxfordshire; Whitehill Bordon, East Hants; and the China Clay Community near St Austell, Cornwall.
Concreting the countryside / In The News / Four sites to become ‘eco towns’