Housebuilding in a sentence

Before PGA and PIF officials began negotiating, Roger Devlin, chairman of a UK-based public housebuilding company Persimmon PLC, sent an email that popped into Dunne’s inbox in early December.

Both the housebuilding and fuel poverty budgets are among those which will feel the pinch.

Housebuilding activity contracted sharply in December amid an escalating housing crisis, according to a new report.

Housebuilding activity increased slightly in March, but remains in contraction territory, slowing the overall recovery of the industry which has battled several economic challenges in the last three years.

Housebuilding rival Barratt Developments reported a similarly severe downturn in its forward order book on Wednesday as it warned of an 'uncertain' outlook for the second half of the financial year.

I have called for a change in planning rules to take high levels of historic housebuilding into account.

Labour says it would give councils in England new powers to buy land at lower prices to boost housebuilding if it wins the next election.

The current levels of housebuilding are incompatible with a rising population, and increasing the supply of homes requires reform of the planning system.

The housebuilding company appealed the committee’s decision.

These issues are “hampering progress on affordable housebuilding across the Western Isles,” says Alasdair Allan.

A Labour spokeswoman said: "The Conservatives’ miserable housebuilding record has resulted in soaring rents, unaffordable housing, and rising homelessness.

Anne Billson-Ross, who heads recruitment at Taylor Wimpey, told the Mail: 'There is no doubt that diversity is an area that requires more effort in the housebuilding sector, which has traditionally attracted fewer women and people from ethnic minorities.

As well as pledging the biggest increase in social housebuilding in a generation, it aims to change Right to Buy legislation to make it easier for councils to buy or build social housing with the money they make from the sales.

By the end of the four-year period, housebuilding in the area will have fallen short of its total target by 18,002 homes.

Conservative ministers have subscribed to housebuilding targets but failed to meet them over the last decade.

I AM disappointed at the lack of wider perspective in your front page article on housebuilding by local authorities in Scotland ("Alarm grows at ‘astonishing’ failure of Scots council areas to build new homes", September 29).

Labour won a landslide election victory over the Conservatives on July 4 on a promise to get the U.K.’s sluggish economy growing, unleash a wave of housebuilding and green energy projects and patch the country’s frayed public services.

Lord Hammond accused Michael Gove of allowing “Nimbys to temporarily own the pitch” on the housebuilding debate.

Other key pledges include reopening the London Plan, which sets out the plan for development in the capital, in an attempt to boost housebuilding.

Sir Julian said: "It was great to visit Merritt & Fryers and see how they are adopting sustainable and low-carbon practices while continuing to serve the housebuilding and repair markets.