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New Garden Villages Announced
A new set of Garden Communities was announced by MHCLG on 27th June 2019, with the potential to deliver 73,554 homes. 19 new garden villages will be developed. Each of the projects will be given £150,000 to progress planning applications and specialist reports needed...
Homes for NHS Staff Toolkit
NHSI’s Homes for Staff policy, overview and guidance, which was supported by OPE funding has recently been published. The toolkit sets out government policy and the support to deliver it. The policy relates to NHS estate owners disposing of surplus land, where...
Using Satellite Imagery and Other Data to Monitor House Building Challenge
The competition aims to investigate how technology could be used to monitor developments of all types, from permission to completion and occupation. Waltham Forest council is seeking a system that builds an accurate timeline of development that will help its planners...
Community Housing Fund is still open to bids
In July 2018 Homes England published the prospectus that provides guidance for bidders to the £163 million that the government has made available across England through the Community Housing Fund. The Fund aims to support an increase in housing supply in England by...
The New Towns Act 1981 (Local Authority Oversight) Regulations
Government Publish Summary of Responses to Consultation Document In a move to "encourage local authority leadership and ambition in the creation of new garden communities at scale", the then Department for Communities and Local Government published a consultation...
Phytosensor – A toolkit for Reducing Pollution
The Citizen Sense Research Group's Tool for Using Plants to Reduce Air Pollution The Citizen Sense Research Group based at Goldsmiths, University of London have developed the Phytosensor tool kit with the aim of reducing air pollution by utilising plants and other...
One Public Estate Awards Additional Funding to the Kent Estates Partnership
OPE award KEP an additional £145,000 to support 2 ambitious property focused projects In December 2017 we announced that the Kent Estates Partnership has been offered £150,000 in funding in response to the Partnership’s One Public Estate Phase 6 bid, £70,000 in...
Department for Homes, Communities and Local Government Announce Land Release Fund Awards
£45 million funding boost to support councils unlock land for thousands of homes: 79 projects will receive funding to support building up to 7,280 homes on council owned land. On Friday 18th February, Housing Minister Dominic Raab announced the funding awards for...
Housing Infrastructure Fund Awards
£866 million to be investment in local housing projects. On Thursday 1st February, Housing Secretary Sajid Javid and Chancellor Philip Hammond announced that 133 council-led projects across the country will receive funding to support local work that will make housing...
Sitematch london 2017
SiteMatch London 2018 to take place on 8th February An annual event free to public sector attendees, Sitematch London has been described as a day-long event that 'arranges one-on-one ‘speed-dating’ meetings between local authorities and developers, investors and...