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[bobthebuilder]

Sales of new build homes in London collapse to disastrous all-time low | The Standard https://share.google/ZGNpfdU9dO9yRZRrg




Costs are now higher than 650psf

Make house unviable to build

 

[Stroppymonkey]

Sales of new build homes in London collapse to disastrous all-time low | The Standard https://share.google/ZGNpfdU9dO9yRZRrg




Costs are now higher than 650psf

Make house unviable to build

About £2700 around here and that is enough to be spoiling all the fun..

 

[Lancs Lad]

Planning approvals for new homes at record low, figures show

Planning approvals for new homes were at their lowest on record during Labour’s first year in office, figures show

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[V8Druid]

this is impressive ....... lorraload on 4 columns (and no diagonal bracing)

700-year-old church lifted into air at Multiplex’s 50 Fenchurch Street tower

Grade I listed structure suspended on stilts to allow Keltbray to complete excavations work below

www.building.co.uk

 

[Jimbo69]

this is impressive ....... lorraload on 4 columns (and no diagonal bracing)
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700-year-old church lifted into air at Multiplex’s 50 Fenchurch Street tower

Grade I listed structure suspended on stilts to allow Keltbray to complete excavations work below

www.building.co.uk

Walked past that when in London a few months ago, looked like a fair project

 

[V8Druid]

Walked past that when in London a few months ago, looked like a fair project

would like to see some pix or vid of the process of the underdig

 

[V8Druid]

Merchant sales flat in July

Britain’s builder’s merchants saw their takings increased by just 0.1% in July.

www.theconstructionindex.co.uk

Rate of fall in output slows but activity stays in reverse for ninth successive month

PMI index stays stuck below key 50 number indicating growth

www.building.co.uk

" September’s reading was still below the 50 no change score and meant the figure was the ninth month of contraction.

Activity stayed below the crucial 50 mark, indicating no change, for the ninth successive month. A score below the figures indicates contraction
All three sectors measured were stuck in reverse "

 

[6feetdown]

Had a keyline update list of price increases again between 5 and 8%

 

[V8Druid]

L&Q boss accuses HBF of ‘whinging’ over section 106 take-up

Working with 'unregulated cowboy' S106 managing agents poses a risk to regulatory compliance, Fiona Fletcher-Smith tells conference

www.building.co.uk

‘Not good enough’ - MHCLG takes aim at RPs for not buying enough section 106 units

HBF estimates 8,500 homes due in the next 12 months are at risk of not being built or standing empty because of lack of a contract with a registered provider

www.housingtoday.co.uk

" HBF estimates 8,500 homes due in the next 12 months are at risk of not being built or standing empty because of lack of a contract with a registered provider "
" .........700 housing developments stalled because of registered providers not buying affordable housing units "

Building Safety Regulator chair unveils measures to speed up approvals process at Building the Future conference

Andy Roe says initiatives will mean time getting gateway 2 sign-off is closer to 12 weeks rather than current 48

www.building.co.uk

" initiatives will mean time getting gateway 2 sign-off is closer to 12 weeks rather than current 48 "

Labour conference 2025: Housing secretary puts style over substance while Starmer takes aim at Reform

The government's announcement about new towns and the housing secretary's Trump-esque stylings put housing at the heart of the agenda at Labour's conference in Liverpool. But there was little in the way of detail to back Steve Reed's 'build, baby, build' slogan

www.building.co.uk

" ........One year and several high-profile scandals later, the party is struggling in the polls "

Housing minister denies government has tasked Tory peer with writing second planning bill

Pennycook says 'bulk of reform' has been done and warns organisations not to delay delivery

www.building.co.uk

" The housing minister has denied reports that a Conservative peer has been tasked with writing a second planning bill to block judicial reviews of major planning decisions. "

 

[V8Druid]

" Graham team submitted building safety application months ahead of Manchester student resi scheme getting planning green light " .......... sounds a tad fishy??​

Graham team submitted building safety application months ahead of Manchester student resi scheme getting planning green light

Contractor part of team that sent in application to regulator over summer for job that has just been given thumbs-up

www.building.co.uk

 

[V8Druid]

Costs to increase 15% by 2030

BCIS reveals updated five-year construction industry forecast

www.theconstructionindex.co.uk

 

[V8Druid]

Now is not the time to panic about low planning approvals

As poor statistics continue to roll in Steve Reed and Matthew Pennycook must hold their nerve, stick to their plan and be patient, argues Paul Smith

www.building.co.uk

" The new secretary of state, Steve Reed, wasted no name in reaffirming his commitment to the government target to build 1.5 million new homes in this parliament. " and they'll be building snowmen in hell too apparently

 

[V8Druid]

so basically Smarmer's tow rags'll rubber stamp anything to get their 1.5m houses built .........

Breakthrough for house-builders in north Sussex

Construction of 4,000 new homes stalled by water abstraction restrictions is finally set to start in the Arun Valley after government intervention.

www.theconstructionindex.co.uk

" Construction of 4,000 new homes stalled by water abstraction restrictions is finally set to start in the Arun Valley after government intervention. "

 

[TiltyShaun]

Now is not the time to panic about low planning approvals

As poor statistics continue to roll in Steve Reed and Matthew Pennycook must hold their nerve, stick to their plan and be patient, argues Paul Smith

www.building.co.uk

" The new secretary of state, Steve Reed, wasted no name in reaffirming his commitment to the government target to build 1.5 million new homes in this parliament. " and they'll be building snowmen in hell too apparently

Simple solution to the target is to provide an economy that supports purchasing houses. Cutting stamp duty might help, providing long term low rate mortgages would help. False promises without taking action is a plan to fail.

 

[V8Druid]

fudge the rules and blurr the boundaries -- just get them built ...... Smarmer et al will do ANYTHING to get sh1t moving ... no wonder no one wants to build with a 50% affordable element - 20% here and that makes a lot of small sites unviable
got a bloke in the village who only got his planning based on an affordable contribution element -- now trying to wriggle free on the unviability argument - what he's built have all been £5-700k hutches - should've been made to build the affordable first - not the first time he's tried it

‘Emergency’ planning package to boost London’s housebuilding delayed

Measures reportedly include a reduction in affordable housing requirements on sites

www.building.co.uk

 

[V8Druid]

ONS backtracks on growth narrative

A month ago government statisticians were saying that that the UK construction industry was growing but now they’ve changed their minds.

www.theconstructionindex.co.uk

 

[6feetdown]

ONS backtracks on growth narrative

A month ago government statisticians were saying that that the UK construction industry was growing but now they’ve changed their minds.

www.theconstructionindex.co.uk

Thought it was bs when I seen the figures a few weeks ago

 

[V8Druid]

House-building will not return to pre-pandemic levels until 2029/30

With house-building targets out of reach, the construction lobby is calling for stimuli from the chancellor.

www.theconstructionindex.co.uk

Early-stage site work will not require environmental permit

Environment minister Emma Hardy announces proposed changes 'to unleash an era of building'

www.building.co.uk

" “Low-risk” activities at the beginning of construction projects will no longer be subject to environmental permits before they can begin, the government has announced. ......... site investigation works, storage of waste materials and drainage operations. ....... However, these pose “only minimal risk” to the environment "

Environmental permits to be scrapped for pre-construction works

Site investigation works, the storage of waste materials and drainage operations are among pre-construction activities that will no longer require environmental permits in England.

www.theconstructionindex.co.uk

 

[V8Druid]

London again

Government and City Hall confirm two-year cut in affordable housing requirements from 35% to 20%

Long-awaited package of support to boost housebuilding in London also includes changes to design standards, relief from levies and changes to mayoral powers

www.building.co.uk

Berkeley defends decision to cut affordable housing to 8% in controversial Peckham scheme

Planning Inspectorate launches eight days of hearings into 877-home Aylesham Centre redevelopment

www.building.co.uk

Emergency action taken over London's lack of house-building

Special measures to tackle the house-building crisis in London have been announced.

www.theconstructionindex.co.uk

" With house-building in the capital at a virtual stand-still, the mayor of London and the government have come together to develop an emergency package of support for developers."

Will the expected London housebuilding package rescue the stalled development industry?

With one in six housing schemes in the capital on hold and demand at rock bottom, Joey Gardiner asks whether simply reducing expectations for affordable housing will be enough to get construction going again

www.building.co.uk

" it is the data on starts that is particularly alarming. GLA figures suggest that work on just 3,447 homes began in the first half of the current financial year. This compares to 27,210 starts for the full year in 2024/25 – itself already a 15-year low. "

HOW MUCH??????????

Drilling unlocks data for Palace of Westminster restoration

More surveys have been conducted in preparation for the £13bn renovation works that being planned for the Houses of Parliament.

www.theconstructionindex.co.uk

and why FFS

and this is a farce

https://www.theconstructionindex.co...stry-rounds-on-pm-over-apprenticeships-reform

Modular builder supports T level programme

Yorkshire’s Reds10 has teamed up with a local school to introduce a T level syllabus in construction.

www.theconstructionindex.co.uk

 

[V8Druid]

so basically Smarmer's tow rags'll rubber stamp anything to get their 1.5m houses built .........

Breakthrough for house-builders in north Sussex

Construction of 4,000 new homes stalled by water abstraction restrictions is finally set to start in the Arun Valley after government intervention.

www.theconstructionindex.co.uk

" Construction of 4,000 new homes stalled by water abstraction restrictions is finally set to start in the Arun Valley after government intervention. "

Government announces late-stage planning bill changes in bid to speed up housing, energy and water schemes

Ministers to be given new powers to stop councils refusing planning permission while they consider using 'call-in' powers

www.building.co.uk

Planning bill amendment will stop applications being timed out

The government has come up with eleventh hour amendments to the Planning & Infrastructure Bill give further help to house-builders

www.theconstructionindex.co.uk