Epping Forest council house building delays due to COVID impact
Delays of up to seven weeks are expected for new council houses in Epping Forest due to material supply issues, bad
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Plans approved for joint homes scheme at former Havering College site
A disused college campus in Havering is a step closer to becoming a new residential community after plans for a
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Commons briefing offers glimmer of hope on housing targets
A “glimmer of hope” that Southend may be able to reduce its 23,500 target for house building over the next
Read more Redbridge Council housing company can’t afford to build homes
A housing company set up and owned by Redbridge Council can no longer afford to build any of the 489
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Planning submission for huge garden village aims to have first residents housed by 2024
The first of 3,700 homes to create a huge £780million garden settlement in Brentwood could be occupied within three years.
Read moreGovernment stands firm on south Essex housing target
THE Government is pushing ahead with a bid to force councils to build 37,500 homes in south Essex, a councillor
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Decision awaited on Fossetts Farm mini village plan
Bold plans for a mini village of 221 “flat-pack” homes near Waitrose in Southend could get the green light next
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Basildon fourth worst borough in England for housing delivery
Basildon delivered only 40 per cent of its housing requirement last year, making it the fourth lowest performing district in
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New library complex a “blight on Shenfield for years and years to come”
A green light for a new Shenfield library – described as a “blight on Shenfield for year and years to
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Fears for leisure provision from draft Chingford master plan
An informal master-plan of what could replace Chingford Leisure Centre shows more than ten new buildings, ranging from three to
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