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UK developments must now compensate for loss of nature

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Legal requirements for housing and infrastructure schemes in England to deliver at least a 10 per cent improvement for nature have been extended to cover small developments from today, applying to developments where the number of dwellings is between one and nine or where the site area is less than 0.5

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UK announces massive cladding remediation mandate in wake of Grenfell inquiry

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England's housing developers have been given an ultimatum - commit to repairing unsafe buildings or be banned from operating in the market. Developers now have six weeks to sign a government contract to fix their unsafe buildings from the past 30 years.

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Stirling Prize-winning council homes set for Right to Buy selloff

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Several council homes on the Stirling Prize-winning Goldsmith Street in Norwich could be sold at a discount just five years after they were built, Dezeen can reveal as part of our Social Housing Revival series. Right to Buy is a government policy that allows council-housing tenants in England to purchase their homes at a significant discount.

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RIBA is calling on the UK government to warm up its interwar houses

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interwar homes that sprawl around England’s towns and cities could cut the country’s carbon emissions by 4%, helping it towards the net zero target by 2050. The octogenarian houses are the target of a new £38 billion ($51.5 Nationwide, the typology accounts for over 3.8 residential units according to RIBA.

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Look inside Birkenhead’s secret Outsider Art palace

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The home, now under the stewardship of the Wirral Arts and Culture Community Land Trust , is a beacon of ‘Outsider Art’, the first in the UK to be given Grade II designation by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) on the advice of Historic England. Gittins was no ordinary inhabitant of Birkenhead.

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UK prime minister launches plan "to stop councils implementing" 15-minute cities

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Prime minister Rishi Sunak has unveiled plans to stop councils in the UK from creating 15-minute cities , as part of a wider scheme to "back drivers" and slam the brakes on "anti-car measures". This week the UK government will set out a long-term plan to back drivers, slamming the brakes on anti-car measures across England.

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Marks & Spencer wins legal battle over demolition of Oxford Street flagship

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The High Court ruled that the rejection of Marks & Spencer's demolition plans by the UK's secretary of state Michael Gove was unlawful, the UK retailer has revealed on X (formerly Twitter). The National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) outlines the government's planning policies for England.