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OFFSITE2005 - discount for members

OFFSITE 2005 is a Modern Methods of Construction event being held at BRE Watford on 6-9th June 2005.

HBF Weekly News Summary, 22 April 2005

A weekly news summary covering all aspects of the housebuilding industry. Available to members only.

Mayor of London issues Draft SPG on Strategic Views

Mayor of London, Ken Livingstone, has issued Draft Supplementary Planning Guidance entitled "London View Protection Framework" on the protection of strategic v…

??Second HBF Barker Conference

John Stewart's presentation from HBF's successful second Barker Conference, Planning and the Market.

New poll shows scale of crisis in housing supply

A new poll published today shows that 95% of people think that people trying to buy their first home these days find it financially difficult. And affordabili…

House builders call on all parties to push ahead with Barker reforms

HBF launches a manifesto for the next Parliament The House Builders Federation (HBF) today publishes a manifesto for the future of housing policy in the nex…

Contaminated land seminars at ICU 2005

As part of the ICU conference in May 2005 there will be two seminars on contaminated land issues which you may wish to attend.

Progress on Dwr Cymru Welsh Water Developers Guide

Huge progress has been made on the production of this very useful guide. Members hould find that it hepls them greatly when dealing with Welsh Water.

HBF response to PPG 3 - 15-4-2005

HBF has submitted a response to the ODPM consultation on Changes to PPG 3 entitled “Planning for Mixed Communities”.

Action Points for the HBF March Planning meeting

Action points for the Wales HBF March Planning meeting can be viewed by cliclikng on the link below.