The consultation into the Government’s proposed standardised method for calculating housing need closes this afternoon, and planners, advisors and housebuilders continue to warn that the method could impact growth in the North West.
Carlisle City Council has commissioned two studies to inform its masterplan for the 10,000-home garden village following its successful bid for funding from the government as part of the national designations for the new growth areas this month.
New garden villages, settlements of between 1,500 and 10,000 homes, are due to be built in four locations across the region.
A year on from the Boxing Day floods, research shows that between 5-23% of new houses in Lancashire, Cumbria and Salford are within a flood zone.
Carlisle-based Story Homes has secured a £65m funding package from Lloyds Bank to support its growth over the next five years, which includes plans for the opening of its first Manchester office.
Receivers advised by Indigo Planning have been given the go-ahead to continue redeveloping the Backbarrow Ironworks in Cumbria after work on the site stalled in 2007.
The Department for Communities & Local Government has allocated £5m to councils across the country to tackle rogue landlords, with eight local authorities in the North West receiving a share.
The North West residential sector saw a significant boost in the number of new-build properties commissioned in Q3 this year, leading all regions with 5,275 units, according to data provider Barbour ABI.
Story Homes has submitted a planning application to build 98 new homes, including 29 for the affordable market, on land off Salkeld Road in Fairhill, Penrith.
Former Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling was among the senior figures calling for a radical policy shift in housing at the RESI conference, held this week at Celtic Manor.
