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[V8Druid]

Former Lendlease developments boss to head up new company set to build 40,000 homes on surplus railway land

Bek Seeley to run government-owned Platform4 formed from merger of Network Rail property arm and LCR

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" The government has set up a new development company to deliver 40,000 new homes over the next decade on surplus railway land " with tax payer's money - 4000 a year is a long way short of Smarmer's targets - and he's hoping if he thinks they'll be around for a decade to see it
this'd be the same 'lendlease' that nigh on went tits up recently then

 

[V8Druid]

and there was I thinking the 'blue-print/roadmap' for air travel was to shrink it dramatically ????

" increased capacity to serve up to 756,000 flights and 150 million passengers a year " (265,000 flights / year are the figures I've heard for the 3rd runway's capacity)

Heathrow hopes to open third runway by 2035

Heathrow Airport has submitted its ‘shovel ready’ expansion plans to government and says it will only take 10 years to complete a third runway.

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[Lancs Lad]

and there was I thinking the 'blue-print/roadmap' for air travel was to shrink it dramatically ????

" increased capacity to serve up to 756,000 flights and 150 million passengers a year " (265,000 flights / year are the figures I've heard for the 3rd runway's capacity)

Heathrow hopes to open third runway by 2035

Heathrow Airport has submitted its ‘shovel ready’ expansion plans to government and says it will only take 10 years to complete a third runway.

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Nope.... remember for every Uber driver that arrives on a dinghy there's all the lot at home that need to come and "visit"

 

[Smiffy]

Gatwick have decided that at least 54% of passengers must arrive at the airport by means other than car. Also banning diesel vehicles airside and a whole host of other green things to counterbalance all the airplanes they are servicing.

 

[V8Druid]

Gatwick have decided that at least 54% of passengers must arrive at the airport by means other than car. Also banning diesel vehicles airside and a whole host of other green things to counterbalance all the airplanes they are servicing.

and HTF are they planning on policing that one??

 

[V8Druid]

Government should ditch 1.5m homes target, says housing association boss

Nick Atkin warns insistence on ramping up delivery in short term will "artificially skew" the Affordable Homes Programme and push up construction inflation

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they don't need to - no one believes it anyway and is now beyond a farcical joke

 

[Silversabre]

At manchester I think the tugs are electric and loads of vw lupo and alike and multi seater narrow things for jet 2 to ferry dispatchers and air crew around.

Only know rhat from riding around on the bus to get to the new terminal building briefly

and HTF are they planning on policing that one??

 

[Smiffy]

At manchester I think the tugs are electric and loads of vw lupo and alike and multi seater narrow things for jet 2 to ferry dispatchers and air crew around.

Only know rhat from riding around on the bus to get to the new terminal building briefly

Tugs arnt to bad being electric I shouldn't think. Very short run times and benefit from being heavy.
But the fleet of high rise catering lorries are ancient and mostly knackered. I think some are still on the old number plate system. The cost to update them all would be mind boggling. Then the fleets of lorries and tractors for snow clearance. And they have just spent a fortune on 4x4 Mercedes across diesels with an extra 2ft of suspension lift so they can fit a sweeper under neath them.

 

[6feetdown]

so much for Smarmers housing targets ... shot themselves in the foot with all their new BS

Building safety delays hit London homes starts as registrations slump more than 50% in second quarter

NHBC figures show impact of gateway 2 hold-ups on London market

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"....... registrations slump more than 50% in second quarter "

Unless you were minted why would you want to live there!

 

[V8Druid]

WTF??????

Who is Amy Rees? All you need to know about new Homes England chief

MHCLG's pick to lead the government's delivery agency came out of left field. So what do we know about the new quango boss? And what does her appointment tell us about Homes England's future?

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" one suspects that the first reaction of housebuilders, housing associations and others in the sector, was to ask: “Who is that?” .......

A prisons and justice lifer - until now​

Rees moves into Homes England from a director general role at the Ministry of Justice, having been interim permanent secretary in the department earlier this year. " ...... really !!??

 

[TiltyShaun]

WTF??????

Who is Amy Rees? All you need to know about new Homes England chief

MHCLG's pick to lead the government's delivery agency came out of left field. So what do we know about the new quango boss? And what does her appointment tell us about Homes England's future?

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" one suspects that the first reaction of housebuilders, housing associations and others in the sector, was to ask: “Who is that?” .......

A prisons and justice lifer - until now​

Rees moves into Homes England from a director general role at the Ministry of Justice, having been interim permanent secretary in the department earlier this year. " ...... really !!??

I like the idea of someone who can implement change. When I was a school governor the catch phrase for any change was “will it improve the education of the children?”. Far too often the answer was No!! The civil service like change just for the sake of change as it makes them think they are doing something!!

 

[DaveDCB]

Makes them feel important more like!!

 

[6feetdown]

I like the idea of someone who can implement change. When I was a school governor the catch phrase for any change was “will it improve the education of the children?”. Far too often the answer was No!! The civil service like change just for the sake of change as it makes them think they are doing something!!

I don't think people realise how much clout these fuckers have

 

[V8Druid]

these fkrs are hopping about like a gecko on a hot plate ...... concentrate on getting yer housing pledges sorted you twa*s (even if they're completely pie in the sky figures) - shoot for the sky!!

Ministry consults on DCO reform

A consultation paper has been published on streamlining consenting for big infrastructure projects.

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" “Achieving our Plan for Change milestone of fast-tracking 150 planning decisions on major infrastructure projects by the end of this parliament is going to require the NSIP regime firing on all cylinders. The proposals in this consultation are crucial to ensuring it is flexible, proportionate, and responsive to government’s priorities.” "

 

[V8Druid]

" If/when the government fails to hit its 1.5 million new homes target, it will be down to lack of intervention in the capital.

A new report from the Home Builders Federation (HBF) shows that housing delivery in London is in crisis and warns that building targets will be unachievable without intervention.

A lack of support for buyers, excessive bureaucracy, unrealistic affordable housing demands and long delays getting applications approved are all strangling attempts to deliver new homes, the HDF says.

With the capital expected to deliver 440,000 of the government’s 1.5 million new homes target by 2030, housing delivery indicators continue to head in the wrong direction with both housing completions and planning permission approvals falling year-on-year, putting this at significant risk. "

so why should less than 12% of the pop. deliver nigh on 33% of the requirements ????
LONDON again !

https://www.theconstructionindex.co...ers-to-rescue-housing-delivery-in-the-capital

" HBF’s Mind the Gap report highlights that only 30,000 new homes were completed in London in the year to June 2025, as measured by the number of new properties issued with energy performance certificates, down 12% from the previous year and significantly below the 2019/20 peak. Planning permissions have also fallen, down to their lowest level since records began in 2006, with just 966 projects approved in the 12 months to June 2025. .......the number of new home building sites starting has plummeted by 38% "

 

[V8Druid]

" Just 12% of consultants think the Labour government is doing a good job for the built environment "​

Just 12% of consultants think the Labour government is doing a good job for the built environment

Building's exclusive Top 150 Consultants survey shows firms' positivity about Starmer administration is low, although six in 10 are 'neutral'

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[Lancs Lad]

" Just 12% of consultants think the Labour government is doing a good job for the built environment "​

Just 12% of consultants think the Labour government is doing a good job for the built environment

Building's exclusive Top 150 Consultants survey shows firms' positivity about Starmer administration is low, although six in 10 are 'neutral'

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Who are they doing a good job for?

 

[V8Druid]

" Planning permissions for new homes falls to lowest level since 2012 ​

....... sites gaining permission is down 17% year-on-year. ....Planning permission was granted for just 44,520 new homes in England during the second quarter of this year – a 17% drop on the same quarter last year. "

Planning permissions for new homes falls to lowest level since 2012

Housing pipeline slows as the number of sites gaining permission is down 17% year-on-year.

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meanwhile .......

" UK cement production falls to 75-year low " ..​

hardly surprising if no one's using it ​

UK cement production falls to 75-year low

Energy, regulatory and labour costs are combining to stifle the UK’s cement sector.

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and

" Construction of almost 30,000 new homes is currently stalled due to concerns over wastewater capacity. " too many bloody divi.s, instead of investment

Sewer capacity shortage frustrates house-builders

Sewer blockages joins list of obstacles stymying government housing ambitions

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" developers have paid almost £2.3bn to water companies since 2020 to support infrastructure enhancements, yet planning permission is still being refused or delayed over perceived sewerage capacity issues, even where water companies have not raised objections..........The 30,000 stalled homes would generate an estimated £900m in Section 106 contributions, funding schools, roads, green spaces, and public amenities, the HBF says. "

 

[V8Druid]

and this is just farcical .........

" National Highways has been funding activities ranging from dance classes and sports clubs to LGBT asylum seeker projects ..... National Highways is funding all kinds of things that are completely unrelated to managing and improving the motorway and trunk road network, which is the only job that National Highways has to do – its raison d’être. "
no wonder the roads're in such a bloody mess

Road safety money diverted to dance classes

Industry regulator The Office of Rail & Road has received a complaint about how National Highways diverts funds to irrelevant projects to win hearts and minds.

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[V8Druid]

Concrete sales hit 62-year low

The last time Britain's annual concrete consumption was as small as it is today was 1963.

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"The last time Britain's annual concrete consumption was as small as it is today was 1963."