Wolverhampton to kick-off 2045 local plan

Re-worked proposals to build more than a thousand homes on the outskirts of Shrewsbury will be put back to the public next week, as developer CEP refines plans for the scheme.

Construction is under way on 100 homes in the town of Wem, around 10 miles north of Shrewsbury.

Birmingham has never lacked potential. What it has often lacked is delivery. Today, there is a growing recognition that this may be one of the last real opportunities to turn the promise of Birmingham into tangible outcomes for the people who live and work here, writes Adam Farrell of Cavendish.

Birmingham-based house builder Wavensmere Homes has recruited Chris West to the newly created senior position of finance business partner.

Plans to demolish a city-centre shopping complex for what could become Birmingham’s tallest tower will go out for public consultation next month.

Housebuilder Honey has exchanged contracts on a 14.5-acre site in Leicestershire, where it wants to build a £54.7m residential development.

In a speech in Manchester on Monday, Andy Burnham promised to introduce a Finnish approach to housing, roll out GM-style good growth funds across the country, and give more powers to mayors if he becomes Prime Minister.

Plans to build 46 homes in a South Staffordshire village have been given the thumbs up by council planners, despite almost 350 objections to the proposals.

The current profit-based model for building housing has not worked, argued the party’s deputy leader Rachel Millward at Housing 2026 in Manchester. Her solution is this: a new approach that focuses on housing as a human right and as public infrastructure.