𝟭 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝘁𝗼 𝗴𝗼 𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗹 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗻𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗵𝗹𝘆 𝘄𝗲𝗯𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗿 📢 "𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘸𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘉𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 & 𝘋𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘩𝘢𝘮 𝘰𝘯 𝘱𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺?" Now that you’ve seen all 3 three instalments of our special update from Be First Regeneration Limited, as well as the ingredients for success and what needs to change to deliver more homes - we wanted to ask 𝗬𝗢𝗨 to share your thoughts! Please comment down below any questions you would like us to ask the panel in next week's webinar with: Caroline Harper from Be First Regeneration Limited Paul Nicholls from Wates Group Danny Sutcliffe from Red Loft Toby Fox, Founder of 1.5M New Homes Don’t forget to register for the webinar here: https://lnkd.in/dQJ_zVZx We look forward to seeing you there!
About us
The Government aims to build 1.5m new homes during its term. Local councils are the key delivery arm for that national ambition - either as planning authorities, giving permission to build new homes, or as JV partners or directly building new homes themselves. So, each month, thanks to founding sponsor Red Loft, we’re visiting a different council in England to ask what works and what doesn’t in getting new homes built. We’ll discover the ingredients for success, and what needs to change. We predict that a universal challenge will be around capacity and skills in local government. So, we’ll also ask what it takes to build a career in public sector housing delivery, and what attracts people to the sector in the first place. We’re publishing these video stories on LinkedIn, YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, TikTok and more widely as podcasts. We want to help councils to share their achievements, and their ideas for improvement, with each other, with private sector partners and with the Government and its agencies. We hope these stories will encourage more people into careers in public sector housing delivery, and encourage those already delivering new homes to keep at it. We think it’s time to hear the voices of the practitioners – the people who have to deliver on the promises – so we can build a clearer understanding of what is needed to deliver the homes we need. Let us know if you’d like to be heard!
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A special double-header on “what needs to change to deliver more homes”, with Be First Regeneration Limited Head of Consultancy Anna Sinnott on the impact of planning reform and a more collaborative approach to delivery across London, and Senior Project Manager Danny Taylor on the response to soaring construction costs: bringing contractors such as Murphy onboard at an early design stage of procurement, to reduce costs while maintaining quality. Watch the full interview with Anna and Danny here: https://lnkd.in/eTdhHHnc Thanks to Red Loft and Wates Group for sponsoring this episode. And thanks to London Borough of Barking and Dagenham and Be First Regeneration Limited for taking part. The Housing Forum Future of London #housingdelivery #1p5mnewhomes #construction #councils #barkinganddagenham
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We’re at 12 Thames Road, where London Borough of Barking and Dagenham’s wholly-owned development company Be First is “taking a bit of a risk” co-locating 3,500 (100% affordable) new homes with 40,000sq m of light industrial space. Guided by Be First Regeneration Limited Senior Development Manager Matt Seaton MRICS and Head of Statutory Planning and Building Control Barry Coughlan, we get a sneak peak inside the new makers spaces delivered by McLaren Construction Group, hear the placemaking arguments supporting the scheme and discover how nearby Becton Sewage Works will provide sustainable energy. Watch the full interview with Matt and Barry here. https://lnkd.in/e6EbMrMu Thanks to Red Loft and Wates Group for sponsoring this episode. And thanks to London Borough of Barking and Dagenham and Be First for taking part. #1p5mnewhomes #housingdelivery #barkinganddagenham #councils #building The Housing Forum Future of London
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The final part of our three-episode report on the reshaping of London Borough of Barking and Dagenham's wholly-owned development company, Be First Regeneration Limited: today we’re with Paul Nicholls, the new managing director for London at Wates Group, Be First’s development partner on the highly-regarded Gascoigne Estate regeneration. Is the company optimistic for Be First’s future, and as ambitious as ever to deliver new homes in this part of east London? Watch the full interview with Paul here: https://lnkd.in/eYtaQ9eT Thanks to Red Loft and Wates Group for sponsoring this episode. And thanks to London Borough of Barking and Dagenham and Be First for taking part. The Housing Forum Future of London #housingdelivery #1p5mnewhomes #barkinganddagenham #development #councils
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In this second of a three-part report, newly-appointed interim managing director Caroline Harper at London Borough of Barking and Dagenham's wholly-owned housing company Be First Regeneration Limited, describes the new shape of Be First’s housing delivery mission: maintain delivery of 750 new homes a year, manage the Council’s £4bn asset portfolio, and reach out to prospective development partners and investors, getting at least one new site to market this summer. Tomorrow we’ll be back with the thoughts of one of Be First’s development partners, Wates Group. Watch the full interview with Caroline here https://lnkd.in/exKu2j33 Thanks to Red Loft and Wates Group for sponsoring this episode. And thanks to London Borough of Barking and Dagenham and Be First for taking part. The Housing Forum Future of London #housingdelivery #1p5mnewhomes #barkinganddagenham #councils #development
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Join us for our next webinar on Friday 28th March- "What can we learn from Barking & Dagenham on public private partnerships in housing delivery?" Register here: https://lnkd.in/dQJ_zVZx When? 📆 Friday 28th March 12:30 - 13: 15 Where? 🖥️ MS Teams Who? 👥 Caroline Harper- Interim Managing Director at Be First Regeneration Limited Paul Nicholls Regional Managing Director for London at Wates Group Danny Sutcliffe Partner at Red Loft Chaired by Toby Fox Founder of 1.5M New Homes We’ll be asking what’s at the top of Caroline Harper’s in-tray, as she gets to grips with a new mandate to manage £4bn of council assets and works to bring at least one new housing development site to market by the summer. We look forward to seeing you there! #webinar #1p5mnewhomes #barkinganddagenham #councils #housingdelivery #partnerships
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In this first of a three-part report, leader of London Borough of Barking and Dagenham, Councillor Dominic Twomey, describes the financial constraints forcing significant change at the Council’s wholly-owned development company Be First Regeneration Limited, and how the organisation’s mission is being redefined. Tomorrow, we’ll hear from newly-appointed Interim Managing Director Caroline Harper on the new shape of Be First’s housing delivery mission: maintain delivery of 750 new homes a year, manage the Council’s £4bn asset portfolio, and reach out to prospective development partners and investors, getting at least one new site to market this summer. Watch the full interview with Cllr Twomey here: https://lnkd.in/eHv3CqiG Thanks to Red Loft and Wates Group for sponsoring this episode. And thanks to London Borough of Barking and Dagenham and Be First for taking part. The Housing Forum Future of London #barkinganddagenham #councils #1p5mnewhomes #housingdelivery
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Newly-appointed interim managing director of Be First Regeneration Limited, Caroline Harper, describes London Borough of Barking and Dagenham’s unique scale of opportunity to provide new homes for aspirational working Londoners. With a 20% increase in the working-age population over the last decade, this is London’s engine room, she says, and alongside tens of thousands of new homes the borough is seeking to harness logistics and industrial regeneration serving the new Box Lane cross-channel railhead, and the £4.5bn Thames Freeport investment programme. But with council-backed funding for Be First drying up, can the council-owned company find ways of making housing investment attractive to private sector capital? Watch the full interview with Caroline here: https://lnkd.in/eNAaDnZb Thanks to Red Loft and Wates Group for sponsoring this episode. And thanks to London Borough of Barking and Dagenham and Be First for taking part. #housingdelivery #1p5mnewhomes #barking #dagenham #councils The Housing Forum Future of London
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Another day in the sun for 1.5M New Homes, this time visting London Borough of Camden in the august company of the leader Richard Olszewski and councillor Nasrine Djemai, and David Burns and Zohra Chiheb. Thank you all for being so generous with your time. Interviews from AHR's Greenwood Centre, the Regis Road development coming forward with Yoo Capital and Joseph Homes, and the awesome HS2 (High Speed Two) Ltd site at Euston. Publishing in May. Special thanks to Red Loft and indefatigable camerman Sam Underwood
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Founder of the 1.5M New Homes campaign; Co-founder and publisher of Velocity Magazine; Associate at Inner Circle Consulting; Consultant at Cast Can
Splendid sunny Spring day recording interviews in London Borough of Lambeth today, for 1.5M New Homes, publishing in April. Many thanks to Councillor Danny Adilypour, Nabeel Khan and Luke Kelly for sharing your insights, to Rubaiyna Oozeer for organising, to Red Loft for your support and to Brixton House for inspiration!
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