Housebuilding

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

POLICY BRIEFING: BusinessGreen Intelligence digs into Biodiversity Net Gain scheme as it celebrates its first anniversary and assesses the challenges that lie ahead

Over 40 housebuilders, investors, and environmental groups urge government to continue championing Biodiversity Net Gain scheme to boost nature protection and economic growth

IPPR warns simply slashing planning rules will fail to unlock necessary infrastructure investment, arguing better planning rules and resourcing holds key to government's growth mission

Steve Reed and Angela Rayner signal intention to revamp a planning system that is currently failing both prospective homeowners and nature