Gareth Ellis ARB PGCert MA BArch BA(Hons), Associate Architect, CAD Architects When there is discussion about the need to urgently address the UK’s housing shortage, the focus is usually on large-scale housing developments of hundreds of homes. However, small sites of...
By Mark Dawes, Managing Director, CAD Architects The heatwaves this summer have been a powerful reminder that property in the UK is often unsuited to heat. Climate change means that heatwaves are likely to be a more common phenomenon in future, throwing up a new...
By Laura Potts MRTPI, Planning Consultant, CAD Planning The effects of flooding are devastating, not only in the damage that they wreak but also in the emotional distress they cause to homeowners. Now, the government is taking steps to ensure that all new housing...
By Laura Potts MRTPI, Planning Consultant, CAD Planning What are ‘non-material amendments’ Many people assume that, once planning permission has been given, the development in question must adhere to the specification detailed in the planning application to the...
By Laura Potts MRTPI, Planning Consultant, CAD Planning Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) is the principle that all future development and infrastructure projects must leave the site ‘measurably’ better for biodiversity than before. It will come into force in 2023 and marks...
By Mark Dawes, Managing Director, CAD Architects The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) has recently announced it will change building regulations to strengthen rules around the accessibility features that new homes must have. This...