Built Environment

Feature: Russia’s invasion of Ukraine creates timber supply chain challenges for construction

Sanctions and shortages highlight the urgent need to invest in UK timber manufacturing for future housing construction, finds Kirsty Connell-Skinner.

Built Environment Headlines Housing

3 in 4 people worried about energy performance of their home

Built Environment Headlines Local Government London

Mayor of London awards funding to support rewilding of capital

Built Environment Headlines Housing

New tidal barrier to protect 13,000 homes from floods

Built Environment Communities Housing

‘Society has failed’ to provide enough accessible play spaces for children

Built Environment Communities Headlines London

Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic Londoners more likely to be affected by climate emergency

Built Environment Communities Headlines Housing

Scottish government announces support to tackle energy costs

Built Environment Headlines Housing

Charity calls for parking to be capped at one space per property

Built Environment Economic Development Headlines Housing Regeneration

1.1m new homes could be built in England’s brownfield

In total, £463bn of residential value is ‘tied up’ in previously developed land not currently in use, while Britain’s housing crisis deepens.

Built Environment Headlines

One fifth of UK councils are now actively rewilding

Built Environment Headlines Housing Local Government

New planning guidance in Nottingham tackles carbon emissions

Built Environment Communities Features & Opinions Housing Transport

Feature: Concrete conurbations versus connected communities

Built Environment Communities Headlines London Regeneration

Low-traffic neighbourhoods found to be popular despite criticism

Built Environment Headlines Housing

Boris Johnson tells ministers to find £1bn for insulation scheme

Birmingham Built Environment Headlines Local Government Regeneration

Major engineering firm to help strategise Birmingham’s future development

Built Environment Headlines Housing Local Government

Polluted rivers obstruct construction of over 7% of new homes