housing

The UK has seen huge success in its transition away from using fossil fuels to generate electricity, but the heat sector has some ground to make up. Heat networks using gas-fired combined heat and power (CHP) are under scrutiny and seen as a burden on the Government’s attempts to achieve its carbon reduction targets by […]

As the latest results published by the country’s leading housebuilders point to the rebound which followed the initial lockdown turning into a sustained demand for quality new homes nationwide, national law firm Freeths has announced further investment in its Residential Development Team. James Hart, head of the team based in the firm’s Nottingham office, believes […]

In the month that saw the UK government publish its Spring 2021 Roadmap for COVID-19, there was an absence in the way of new planning legislation. However, February brought a number of judgments, including where the Court of Appeal decided that development plan policies can be taken into account when considering the “tilted balance” under […]

The Chancellor’s summer statement on 8 July 2020 announced a number of measures to support, protect and create jobs. These measures are said to amount to up to £30 billion of support and, in addition to support aimed at employers generally, include specific support for the hospitality and leisure and the housing and construction sectors. […]