Housebuilding

New agreement allows 21,000 homes to be built following concerns over water taken from rivers and wetlands, and risks to protected wildlife - but green groups remain concerned over impact of government planning reforms

Aerated taps, efficient showerheads, and dual flush toilets promise to enable thousands of new developments in support of government plans to to build 1.5 million new homes during the current Parliament

It is possible to minimise the impact on biodiversity of new housing developments, but only if new nature-friendly techniques are embraced

Barratt Redrow subsidiary and UK's largest conservation charity extend nature-friendly homes partnership by five years

Trail-blazing flexible grid agreement for Otterpool Park's 8,500-home all-electric garden town is expected to save residents millions of pounds on their energy bills

Policy could drive over £12bn in net value over the next decade if the government meets its house-building targets - but scrapping the scheme for small sites threatens protection of a habitat eight times the size of Manchester

Developer makes green homes pledge and unveils 'UK’s largest Passivhaus project' featuring initial 728 homes across two sites

Office for Environmental Protection warns current iteration of Planning and Infrastructure Bill would weaken environmental protections, further fuelling nature campaigners' fears landmark legislation lacks sufficient safeguards

The government's proposed bonfire of regulators and stripped back ecological reforms misses a growth opportunity to embrace private sector expertise to tackle the real bottlenecks in the system, writes Arbtech CEO and founder Robert Oates

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