Key conference brings experts together to speed up house building

Housing and Planning experts from the Essex Developers Group (EDG) and the South Essex Housing Group discussed how to fix the UK’s ‘broken market’ at a special conference.

Developers, contractors, consultants, local housing companies, housing associations, Essex County Council and district and unitary authorities, descended on Orsett Hall in Thurrock, on 21 November, for the one-day event, entitled ‘fixing our broken housing market’.

Speakers from the public and private sectors focussed on modernisation of the housing industry, modular housing, custom and self-build homes, place making and other innovative topics which champion the Government’s housing strategy ambition to build a new and positive mind-set to house building.

Cllr Sue Lissimore, Essex County Council’s Cabinet Member for Housing, said: “This was a varied and interesting conference which provides a strong focus on the challenges and opportunities for housing growth in Essex.”

To ensure that delegates were able to visualise and be inspired by real housing solutions, a range of tours were available to delegates including a tour of Swan Housing Association’s new modular factory, where they were able to see the precision engineered modular homes being built, as well as find out more about the custom build options available to buyers.

The tours on offer also included St Chad’s site in Tilbury where Gloriana Thurrock Ltd is building 128 homes on a former school site, before a visit to Barking Riverside,  a regeneration project including 10,800 new homes.

The conference also saw the presentation of two cheques, worth £500, to students at South Essex College, who won a competition to design an eye-catching logo for EDG, which represents the vision to encourage quality housing growth in Essex.

George Kieffer, Vice Chair of the South East Local Enterprise Partnership, and Robert Charnock from the Essex Developers Group, presented the cheques to the winning students, Casey Kaye and Katherine Marshall, and their course leader Steve Bright. Photos of the event were taken by another talented student from South Essex College, Jessica Horne.

Mark Curle, Chair of the Essex Developers Group, said: “As a newly formed group we are keen to ensure that we encourage young talent.  An important part of the group’s work is to promote skills and opportunities for young people.

“Therefore we felt this was a fantastic opportunity to get young people involved and raise awareness of our aspirations.”

Angela O’Donoghue, Principal and Chief Executive of the college, added: “We are delighted that our students have benefited from this competition. The Essex Developers Group has provided a unique opportunity for our students to show off their blossoming creative design skills.”

 

Shared by: Scott Morrow mail@essex.vuelio.uk.com

EAN Content

Content shared by this account is either news shared free by third parties or sponsored (paid for) content from third parties. Please be advised that links to third party websites are not endorsed by Estate Agent Networking - Please do your own research before committing to any third party business promoted on our website. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.

You May Also Enjoy

Breaking News

Revealed: the most lucrative shared living postcodes

New research from COHO, the HMO management platform, reveals that the shared living market in England & Wales generates an estimated monthly rental income of £1.4bn. But which postcode areas are creating the most income from shared living? How much are HMOs making in your postcode? Find out here COHO has analysed the estimated number…
Read More
Breaking News

Mortgage approvals continue to climb in June

The latest mortgage approval data from the Bank of England figures show that: – Mortgage approvals on house purchases for June sat at 64,167 up (+1.4%) from 63,288 in May. This signals two consecutive months of growth. Approvals are also up (+5.6%) when compared to the 60,761 seen in June 2024. This growth is positive,…
Read More
bank of england interest rate
Breaking News

Bank of England Money & Credit Report June 2025

Net borrowing of mortgage debt by individuals increased by £3.1 billion to £5.3 billion in June, compared to a £2.8 billion increase to £2.2 billion of net borrowing in May. Net mortgage approvals for house purchases increased by 900, to 64,200 in June. Approvals for remortgaging also increased by 200, to 41,800 in June. This…
Read More
Breaking News

Housing market’s summer surge dampened by soaring stamp duty costs

Housing market activity has surged, with buyer demand up 11 per cent and agreed sales up eight per cent year-on-year, defying typical summer slowdown National house price inflation has slowed to 1.3 per cent, driven by a 12 per cent increase in homes for sale and higher stamp duty costs for many buyers Higher stamp…
Read More
Rightmove logo
Breaking News

Rents reach another new record as tenants pay £400 more than five years ago

The average advertised rent of homes outside of London has risen to another new record this quarter of £1,365 per calendar month (pcm), but the yearly pace of rent growth continues to slow: London rents also reach a 15th consecutive new record of £2,712 pcm this quarter Five years on from the pandemic, new tenants…
Read More
Breaking News

Six UK vineyards where homebuyers avoid the 84% premium

Six affordable UK vineyards where homebuyers avoid the 84% house price premium and toast a better deal The latest research from Yopa has revealed that living close to one of the UK’s top vineyards will set homebuyers back an average of £494,739, 84% more than the current UK average house price. However, there remain a…
Read More