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Ongoing problem

22 August 2008

Poor management of new housing estates can destroy years of regeneration work. The solution may be a rethink of traditional housebuilding practices.

Environmental health

By Karen Buck

22 August 2008

Defeating roaches and bad landlords

Brownfield housing land values plunge by a fifth

22 August 2008

Land values for urban brownfield sites with outline planning permission for housing have fallen by almost a fifth since the start of the year, research by property consultants Savills shows.

Clapham Park Homes chooses Durkan for redevelopment scheme

22 August 2008

Contractor Durkan has been selected by housing association Clapham Park Homes to redevelop the Clapham Park Estate in south London.

Tall tale

22 August 2008

Blears gives community enterprise's tower full planning go-ahead

Regeneration & Renewal summer break

22 August 2008

Regeneration & Renewal is taking a week-long summer break. The next issue of the magazine will be published on Friday September 5.

Tories reject report's call for northern exodus

15 August 2008

Tory Party leader David Cameron distanced himself from a report by his favourite think-tank this week that recommended mass migration from the North to the South-East.

Innovations

8 August 2008

A scheme to save energy and cut costs

Government drops hints of stamp duty holiday

8 August 2008

Housebuyers may be granted a temporary reprieve from the stamp duty applied to the purchase of homes, press reports said this week.

Zero C chosen to build eco-homes in Dorset

8 August 2008

Developer Zero C has been chosen to build 55 eco-homes at Osprey Quay in Portland, Dorset. The firm was appointed by the South-West Regional Development Authority to build a new "green" community on the 1.9ha former Ministry of Defence site. The regional development agency said that a third of the homes would be affordable and that the scheme would generate at least half of its energy from renewable sources.