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Government moves to cut red tape on historic home retrofits
The government has taken the first steps towards making it easier to retrofit historic homes
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Gove threatens councils over poor housing delivery
Michael Gove has warned local authorities in England their planning powers could be removed if they delay planning decisions, just days after new housing consents plummeted to a historic low
Gove overrules inspector to approve major west London housing scheme
Michael Gove, secretary of state for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities has approved proposals for a major west London housing scheme against the advice of the Planning Inspectorate
Planning red tape ‘slashed’ on solar panels
The government says it is slashing the current red tape around planning permission for solar panels under new rules announced last week
Civil servant who resigned over RAAC inaction warned of ‘Grenfell-scale tragedy’
A former senior civil servant who resigned over government inaction on reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) warned it could result in a ‘Grenfell-scale tragedy’
Public Practice names its ‘first national cohort’ of local authority placements
Public Practice has named the architects and designers being placed into local planning departments as part of the programme’s autumn cohort
Government bans gender-neutral toilets in all new public buildings
The government is banning gender-neutral toilets in all new non-domestic public and private buildings, under new legislation
Handing back £1.9bn of housing funds to the Treasury is no disaster
The housing department's failure to spend billions during a housing crisis looks awful – but it could unwittingly benefit the country because of flaws in existing policy, argues David Birkbeck
M&S Oxford St reaction: ‘Watershed’ decision challenges knock-down and rebuild norms
Reactions are pouring in to Michael Gove’s landmark decision to block Pilbrow + Partners’ plans to demolish and rebuild Marks and Spencer Oxford Street
Housebuilding in London could drop by a third, housing associations warn
Some of London’s biggest housing associations have warned that budget pressures could cause housebuilding to fall by a third