industry news 7 NEW HOUSEBUILDER


Halsbury Homes launches with experienced team targeting East Anglian developments


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team with many years of industry expe- rience has joined forces to launch a new housebuilder, Halsbury Homes.


Based near Norwich, the company has three


schemes underway in East Anglia and the south- ern counties, and is planning to work to a targeted annual build programme of 250 units across each of the first five years. The team will be headed by David Bryant,


who is a well-known figure in the housebuilding scene who spent more than 25 years at Persim- mon Homes and also chaired the New Homes


Marketing Board. Bryant commented: "Quite simply, we will


aim to take a more considered approach to every- thing we do. Being driven at all times by our customers’ needs means that we take our respon- sibilities very seriously, as buying a house is often the most significant purchase of someone’s life.” He added: "I am very excited at this opportu-


nity to develop a completely new company with such a great team, and am sure Richmond Park will be the first of many success stories for Hals- bury, our partners and purchasers alike."


NEIGHBOURHOOD PLANNING AND INFRASTRUCTURE


Neighbourhood Planning and Infrastructure Bill hands more powers to local people


Bill which arrived less than a week after the Housing and Planning Act achieved Royal Assent, and will support the Government’s goal to deliver one million new homes. According to the Government the Bill will


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protect areas of the UK such as the green belt, while delivering the homes and infrastructure the country needs. The Government also hopes that the Bill will


address the overuse of certain planning condi- tions, with legislation created to ensure that new housing can commence without delay. The new Bill is designed to strengthen neigh-


NEW HOUSING BRAND


the former finance director of Berkeley Group, Nic Simpkin. Willmott Residential will merge the firm’s


development brands Prime Place and Be: here with Willmott Partnership Homes, its newly branded contract-housing arm. With the combined brands, Willmott


Residential already has a significant presence in the market with Prime Place developing homes for sale, and Be: here focusing on homes


Willmott Dixon launches residential brand W


illmott Dixon has formed Willmott Residential, a new brand for all of its residential activities, to be headed by


for private rental. Willmott Partnership Homes builds 2,000 homes a year with a growing geographic presence and a client base including housing associations, developers and local authorities. Andrew Telfer, divisional CEO of Willmott


Dixon Regen, has been promoted to deputy CEO of the new residential division, working alongside Nic Simpkin. The new brand represents the next phase of


Willmott Dixon’s strategic ambitions to expand its residential development and contract house- building capabilities.


bourhood planning and hand more power to local people, while improving the process for reviewing and updating plans. Under the Bill, the compulsory purchase order


process will also be clearer, faster and will also include reform of the context in which compen-


sation is negotiated. Finally, the Bill will also enable the privatisa-


tion of the Land Registry to support the creation of a digitally based land registration service, which could benefit people buying or selling their home.


he Government has announced, as part of the Queen’s Speech, a new Neigh- bourhood Planning and Infrastructure


The new housebuilder believes that with


new housing development being of such strategic importance to the wider economy, it is important to recognise the combined roles of the Homes and Communities Agency HCA) and local councils in enabling home- builders to deliver new homes. The first phase of Richmond Park was able to


commence due to Dover District Council’s help with Halsbury’s initial application for 94 plots, together with funding support from the HCA’s Large Infrastructure Fund.


Willmott Dixon group CEO Rick Willmott


explained the reasons behind the new brand’s launch: “The launch of Willmott Residential provides clear differentiation in the way we now present and manage the group and underlines how serious we are in growing our residential presence. “Nic brings a long track-record of success in


housing development during his time at Berkeley and will lead a fine senior leadership team sup- ported by Andrew Telfer, who has been pivotal in growing our development capability over the last seven years.”


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