Number of new homes granted approval just 58% of target. The number of home building sites getting planning permission fell to a new low in the first quarter of this year with just 1,220 sites for private housing granted planning approval across England, the lowest since the dataset began in 2006. This is down from around 2,000 in 2022 and nearly 3,000 in 2017. The Home Builders Federation’s (HBF) latest Housing Pipeline report, based on data from Glenigan, reports just 408 s

Sapphire’s G30 balcony has officially been certified as a Passive House Component by the Passive House Institute when used with or without StubGuard – reinforcing the product’s thermal and structural performance. With designers under increasing pressure to deliver low-carbon buildings that meet stringent energy and envelope-performance standards, balcony connections have come under heightened scrutiny as a critical point of heat loss. Reducing thermal bridges is essential, as

New research from the Home Builders Federation (HBF) reveals that £76,000 has been added to the cost of building a home since 2020, raising serious concerns about the viability of new housing developments across the UK. The report, The Viability Crunch, examines the cumulative impact of policy, taxation and regulatory pressures on home building that have resulted in it being so costly to build it no longer makes economic sense for companies to do so. The research highlights

Glidevale Protect has announced a collaborative partnership with RGB Facades, bringing its new range of fire-rated external wall...