The Architects’ Journal Architecture News & Buildings
Architects condemn scrapping of water pollution rules
The government’s decision to scale back environmental rules on water pollution in order to ‘unblock 100,000 homes’ by 2030 has been called into question by the profession
Tag: Housing
Naas North-West Quadrant, County Kildare
Kildare County Council has announced a competition for a 290ha sustainable low carbon urban district north of Naas Town [Deadline: 13 October 2023]
Prosper framework
North East-based procurement agency Prosper has launched a new design services framework [Deadline: 2 October 2023]
BDP plans 1,600 home ‘low-carbon’ Wirral neighbourhood
BDP has submitted proposals for a 1,600-home low carbon neighbourhood in Wirral, Merseyside, to Wirral Council
Scrapping waterway environmental rules will ‘unblock’ 100,000 homes
The government is set to scrap environmental rules that housebuilders have blamed for blocking at least 100,000 new homes
ACME’s Folkestone Harbour Seafront comes to market
The first of a promenade of blocks set to transform Folkestone’s seafront under a masterplan by ACME has been erected, fitted-out and marketed. Will it transform the town’s fortunes too?
AJ Architecture Awards 2023 shortlist: Housing and Heritage
Today the AJ reveals the contenders for the Heritage and Housing Project categories
Upper Acre, One Horton Heath
Eastleigh Borough Council is seeking an architect for a new residential development on land near to Horton Heath in Hampshire [Deadline: 5 September 2023]
Pollard Thomas Edwards gets go-ahead for homes on Longbridge site
Pollard Thomas Edwards has secured planning on the next 160-home phase of its masterplan for the former MG Rover factory site at Longbridge in Birmingham
The planning system just keeps saying no. We need a total overhaul
The planning system is a negative force, persistently blocking much-needed homes and other development. Michael Gove’s reforms must go much further, says Daniel Leon