1.5m New Homes

In this episode of 1.5m New Homes, we talk about the local politics of delivering new homes with Ealing Council leader, councillor Peter Mason. Describing the challenges facing London in the 1940s (air quality, long commutes, and tall buildings rising on the skyline of an increasingly crowded city) he says: "They were dealing with some of the same challenges we have now. The answer for them was ne...

Following the collapse of contractor Real LSE last year, Ealing Council has been considering its options for the regeneration of the High Lane estate in Hanwell. We met principal project manager Sam O’Neill onsite and caught up with assistant director for housing regeneration Emma Osmundsen afterwards, to understand how turbulent market conditions have disrupted a scheme that could provide over 50...

Ealing Council laid the “golden brick” on its 1,000th genuinely affordable new home, we visited one of the council’s big housing projects, Acton Gardens, with regeneration manager Sarah Phillpot, to understand the ingredients for the success of this 3,500-home, 20-year, £1 billion-plus scheme. Don't miss the next video in the series, looking at what needs to change to build even more homes in Eali...

Responding to reports of recent comments by Deputy Mayor of London Jules Pipe ( https://tinyurl.com/37ymmm38 ) on the impossibility of delivering 1.5m new homes, or London’s contribution of 80,000 a year, Ealing Council Strategic Director of Economy and Sustainability Peter George has requested clarification. Assuming the reliability of the reports, he said: “For the politician responsible for lea...

In this episode you can find the audio from our webinar, hosted by Toby Fox where we discussed our findings in visiting Slough, and other topical matters, with a panel of experts: Pat Hayes, Executive Director Housing , Property & Planning, Slough Council Julia Krause, Assistant Director South East, Homes England Suzanne Smith, Partner, Housing and Regeneration Team, Capsticks Neil J...

In this episode we talk to Slough Borough Council head of development management and enforcement Neetal Rajput about her role in bringing a Homes England and Muse scheme forward, how she got started on a career in public sector housing delivery – and why it means so much to her to be delivering new homes in Slough. Her biggest asset? “Being able to throw myself in at the deep end. Taking hold of t...

In this episode, Pat Hayes talks us through his unorthodox career path, the motivations and core skill set driving his progress, and the learning he has picked up on the way. He describes his mentors and influences, his understanding of what people want from Local Authorities, and the challenges of working under financial pressures. Identifying the abilities most useful in progressing a public sec...

Slough could be a big part of solving London's housing challenge, its housing delivery team believes. "Positionally and spatially it's absolutely marvellous; in population terms it's marvellous,” says Exec Director Pat Hayes. “And there's huge development opportunity: places with cleared brownfield sites, lots of space in the town centre, a massive opportunity in the industrial estate around Heath...

Welcome to the 1.5M New Homes project sponsored by Red Loft Each month, journalist Toby Fox will be visiting different councils around the UK to ask what they think about the government's pledge to get 1.5 million new homes built. For November 2024 we are visiting Slough, and in this episode Toby is talking with Pat Hayes, Executive Director Regeneration, Housing and Environment about the ingredie...

This is the 1.5M New Homes campaign, sponsored by Red Loft. Each month, journalist Toby Fox will be visiting a different council around England to ask what they think about the Government's pledge to get 1.5 Million New Homes built. So Subscribe to this feed and stay tuned to hear from councils around the country on what works, and what doesn't, in getting homes built