DEVELOPMENT & PLANNING NEWS

The City of York Council is continuing to progress York’s Local Plan after receiving a letter from Government appointed planning inspectors.

A planning application has been submitted for a build-to-rent apartment development at Flax Place in Leeds, by Galliford Try’s Investments business and the UK development arm of Chinese-based CIMC.

A new report by the Local Government Association (LGA) says that 100,000 social homes a year are needed to provide housing fit for social care, health and other key workers who have fought Covid-19 on the frontline and the families of those who lost their lives.

St. Modwen Homes has signed an agreement with registered provider Sage Housing, to deliver affordable homes at its Heathy Wood development in West Sussex.

Galliford Try has been appointed by Argent Related as the contractor for two mixed-use residential buildings at Tottenham Hale worth £85m.

A lack of qualified personnel, costs and Brexit have all attributed to a decline in research and development in the construction sector, according to tax relief specialist Catax.