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A really good read from my friend James Traynor at ECD Architects Ltd in Inside Housing on energy performance certificates and the work that landlords have been doing over the last few years to improve them. But what the Government also has to do to support us. We all know that EPC's aren't enough to measure success within social housing and I think James nails it with the quote below. "Energy performance and efficiency strategies throughout social housing are evolving beyond EPC ratings and government strategies and funding should follow suit." #retrofit #epc #socialhousing #housing #government https://lnkd.in/eNuTK-u9

Next step towards central housing regeneration https://lnkd.in/ePs9fr_g #planningnews #redevelopment #regeneration #planning #building #consstruction #constructionuk #constructionnews #landreferencing #landreferencingservices

Next step towards central housing regeneration https://lnkd.in/ePs9fr_g #planningnews #redevelopment #regeneration #planning #building #consstruction #constructionuk #constructionnews #landreferencing #landreferencingservices

How can we increase the UK's housing supply? Dr Riette Oosthuizen MRTPI. Planning Partner at HTA Design, suggests that brownfield sites could be an untapped resource.     According to CPRE's 2022 report 'State of Brownfield' an estimated 1.2 million homes could be built across 66,720 acres of brownfield land in the UK.     Read more about Riette's thoughts on the benefits of brownfield and how we might address their planning hurdles in her article Think Small to up Housing Supply for Property Week. Available online and in-print: https://lnkd.in/e55stHWV 

Building the Homes we Need Statement by Matthew Pennycook MP made on 12 December 2024 Refers to a mandatory method for housing need Made an adjustment to the method to make it more responsive to demand pressures. The final method now incorporates an even stronger affordability adjustment – nearly four times as strong as the inherited formula Developers should first look to brownfield, or previously developed land In the first instance, it requires local authorities to use the local plan process to adopt a ‘sequential approach’, considering brownfield, then grey belt, and only then higher performing land – all while ensuring that sustainability is a central consideration throughout Made clear our commitment to universal local plan coverage We will use the Planning and Infrastructure Bill to improve certainty in decision-making, create a win-win for development and nature, and streamline processes for critical infrastructure. See: https://lnkd.in/eed7gKM6

In the August edition of Building Today, the article "Identifying and Reducing Operational and Embodied Carbon Emissions" (pages 36-37) offers crucial strategies for lowering carbon emissions in the construction industry. 🌍 It highlights the importance of tackling both operational emissions and embodied emissions through smarter material choices and efficient energy use, aligning with New Zealand’s net-zero carbon goals by 2050. 💡🏗️ #Sustainability #Construction #EnvironmentalInnovationCentre #CarbonReduction #EIC https://lnkd.in/g3S3-fFR

the ABS's Building Approvals are often seen as a indicator for several performance and market metrics. I like to try and see things from a spatial lens and what it means for service providers, infrastructure planning and managing population growth. In MOSAIC we've added an API data feed to our Area Insights and our customers can map Area Insights spatially. The video below shows my MOSAIC, where I've toggled on building approvals for every quarter since Q1, 2021 and viewed across the broader Sydney, Central Coast, Hunter and Wollongong region. Clearly we see some LGAs really pulling up the housing stock consistently since 2021 and that Western Sydney in particular is the area doing most the heavy lifting in developing new housing stock. I'd love to see these local council areas that are consistently topping up their land supply pipeline for new housing stock be heavily rewarded with financial incentives and access to fund local infrastructure and for NSW Treasury to prioritise those State agency projects for funding that spatially align to where housing is being built.

On 26 April 2023, Bayside Council endorsed a draft Planning Proposal (PP) to make amendments to the Bayside Local Environmental Plan 2021 to land zoned R3 Medium Density Residential to facilitate development of new homes. This proposal seeks to: (1) Increase the maximum Floor Space Ratio (FSR) from 0.6:1 to 0.7:1, and (2) Introduce a new provision stating that Clause 4.1 will not apply to the subdivision of land in Zone R3 on which the erection of Multi-Dwelling Housing or attached dwelling have been approved or proposed. This proposal is part of Council’s efforts to meet the Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure’s requirement to update housing controls in line with the Local Housing Strategy (LHS). The proposed amendments are expected to deliver capacity for hundreds of new dwellings within the Bayside LGA and contributes to the delivery of State and Commonwealth Government commitments under the National Housing Accord. The last date for submissions is 11 November 2024. Jeff Mead Sophie Perry Troy Loveday

With the FHS, the HEM Assessment Model, and the recent election, there’s a lot of changes happening in the social housing construction sector. But to meet ambitious decarbonisation targets, the sector must tackle major challenges, including retrofitting. Our own Mark Gajda explains how specifiers can ensure compliance on upcoming projects 👉 https://bit.ly/3Al3WGI #EnergyEfficiency #SocialHousing #FHS

In almost every capital cities, the cost of building a new home is more expensive than an existing one. And with rising construction costs, the cost of building a new home is accelerating faster than existing homes. The only city where the median for a new home is lower is Melbourne with this city managing to keep up with the development of new house and land developments. Atom Go Tian takes a look at what this means in this month's Ray White data story >>> https://lnkd.in/g9EbU9kx