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Could Building Upwards Solve The Housing Crisis?

Tuesday 13th March 2018

Utilising airspace to develop rooftops into new homes is most certainly one great way to address the housing crisis, particularly in town and city centres where land is scarce. A recent study suggests that at least 23,000 buildings in London Zones 1 & 2 alone could be suitable for rooftop development which equates to 40,000 new homes! With Sajid Javid's announcement to amend the NPPF, to allow permitted development for two additional floors on top of buildings, this is definately an exciting

'Nimby' councils which fail to build enough new homes will lose planning powers

Monday 5th March 2018

As an SME developer, the unessecary obstacles of the planning system are presented to us on a daily basis. Put simply, there needs to be a culture shift...Developers are seen as the adversary. If the nation requires houses, and the enabler of that housing is the housing developer, then they should be partners? There has to be a culture shift in the Councils. All housing developers, not just SME developers who want to deliver housing, are seen as the enemy and often met with an obstructive approa

How Does Modular Construction Actually Work?

Wednesday 28th February 2018

Due to the nature of the challenges faced in rooftop development, Click Above use modular construction. Through innovative design, modules that make up the units are constructed off-site, delivered to site and then craned on to the existing building. Using modular construction to develop air space minimises disruption to the residents or users of the existing building and means development can take place a lot quicker. But how does modular construction actually work...? Ever wondered what

The sky’s the limit for imaginative developers - Aaron Emmett, CEO of Click Above speaks to The Times

Friday 9th February 2018

Blue-sky thinking is management speak for a fanciful idea. However, it is not fanciful to build into the not-so-blue skies above our cities, and this week Sajid Javid, the housing secretary, announced plans to relax planning rules to make it easier to build on city rooftops. “The answer to building new homes isn’t always an empty plot, or developing on a derelict site. We need to be more creative and make more effective use of the space we already have available,” Javid said.

Aaron Emmett, CEO of Click Above speaks to the Metro about rooftop development in London

Friday 9th February 2018

‘The Housing Secretary recently announced that the government will fund new housing across the UK by building upwards on existing buildings, and, at Click Above, we have been inundated over the past few months with enquiries from people interested in capitalising on their rooftops – just demonstrating that this is very much a growing trend in the property market,’ Click Above CEO, Aaron Emmett told Metro.co.uk.' Read the published article here

Government will let homeowners add two storey extensions with planning reforms to ease housing crisis

Monday 5th February 2018

Sky's the limit: New plans to ease housing woes will let you build upwards The government has said it will loosen planning rules in a bid to ease the housing crisis, with homeowners being given permission to build upwards. "The answer to building new homes isn't always an empty plot, or developing on a derelict site," said housing secretary Sajid Javid.

Could converting empty spaces above shops help solve the housing crisis?

Wednesday 17th January 2018

Could converting empty spaces above shops help solve the housing crisis? According to new research by the Federation of Master Builders, more than 90% of MPs think that converting empty spaces above shops could help reverse the current housing shortage in their constituency.The survey results, which have been published today alongside a new research report by the FMB entitled ‘Homes on our high streets’, shows that MPs believe converting empty spaces above shops could have a number

Four innovative ways to boost housebuilding that were missing from the Budget

Wednesday 17th January 2018

Four innovative ways to boost housebuilding that were missing from the Budget Green belt grading? Involving more people in planning decisions? David Cowans outlines some fresh ideas for ministers.We all know that we have to boost housing supply, so the government’s £44bn package of measures to deliver 300,000 more homes a year is a step in the right direction. But as stated by the chancellor, there’s no one single solution to the housing crisis, so we need to look at more tha

UK lender suggests more office to residential conversions could help housing supply

Wednesday 17th January 2018

UK lender suggests more office to residential conversions could help housing supply - PropertyWire New homes created by converting commercial buildings into apartments could help to solve the housing crisis in the UK if developers opted to make more of change of use planning permissions, it is claimed. A report from lender the Nationwide Building Society that currently the number of homes being created each year is now only 3% lower than the levels recorded in 2007 but in the change of use

Budget: London politicians demand modular housing cash

Wednesday 17th January 2018

Budget: London politicians demand modular housing cash London Assembly members have urged the chancellor to pump "significant" funds into offsite manufacturing to help tackle the housing crisis. In a cross-party letter to Philip Hammond ahead of Wednesday's Budget, six assembly members have called for extra investment in modular housing. The plea follows a pledge by Mr Hammond that the UK will build 300,000 homes a year. “Traditional bricklayers and construction workers alone aren&rsquo

15 Councils Face Action Over Local Housing Plans

Wednesday 17th January 2018

15 councils face action over local housing plans The government has cast the spotlight on 15 councils that are failing to make progress with their local housing plans and threatened to intervene to speed up the process. Sajid Javid has written to the councils warning them that the Government will no longer tolerate slow progress in drawing up local housing plans. The 15 local authorities under scrutiny are: Basildon, Brentwood, Bolsover, Calderdale, Castle Point, Eastleigh, Liverpool, Mansfiel