Housing

Charlotte Church in the grounds at The Dreaming

Charlotte Church forced to close her Powys healing retreat

Housing Plus Group has reported a £37.8 million surplus

Housing provider reports £37.8m surplus as it targets 3,500 new homes

Left hand side - Former Gungrog Site, Welshpool (Left to Right):Councillor Matthew Dorrance (Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for a Fairer Powys), County Councillor Carol Robinson (Welshpool Gungrog), Mike Sambrook (Managing Director at SJ Roberts Construction)
Right hand side - Maes yr Esgob, Llanfair-ym-mochnant (Left to Right): Nicola Downes (Housing Development Officer, Powys County Council), Councillor Matthew Dorrance (Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for a Fairer Powys), County Councillor Aled Davies (Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant and Llansilin), Ed Marston (Site Manager), Mike Sambrook (Managing Director at SJ Roberts Construction)

Work begins on 34 new council homes in north Powys

House prices are stalling, according to Nationwide

Revealed - the average price of a home in the West Midlands

Pride in the Job 2026 West regional winners (L-R): Robert Gee, Mark Follos, Sam Harvey

Ironbridge site manager wins top house-building award

The illustrative concept plan of a proposal to deliver around 175 homes on land north of Aston Road, near Wem. Picture: Bellway Strategic Land

Officers recommend approval for 175-homes plan for Wem again

Council set to make key decision on council housebuilding programme

Shingler Group could put in an outline planning application for up to 350 homes near Oswestry

Villagers question need for houses to be built near Oswestry

How the layout may look. Picture: Berrys

Confusion over number of houses planned for village near Shrewsbury

Cllr Pete Lewington - Conservative - Newtown West - Powys County Council.

Only four asylum seekers are living in Powys, senior councillor says

Homes for Ukraine row won't be investigated by ombudsman

128 new homes unanimously approved for Shawbury

The road between Myddlewood and Myddle

Appeal against decision to refuse plans for new houses is dismissed

How the houses for Gipsy Castle Lane on the outskirts of Hay-on-Wye could look.

Plans to build 84 homes in Hay-on-Wye set for decision soon

Access to the affordable home site at Caemawdy, Bronllys is down this track past the Honey Café. From Google Streetview.

Fresh plans lodged with Powys planners for home in Bronllys

Plans to remove occupancy restrictions from a farmhouse near Knighton will be before Powys council's Planning committee for a decision. From Google Streetview.

Restrictions on Knighton farmhouse are lifted by Powys councillors

The site of the approved homes.

60 homes approved for outskirts of Shropshire town
Shropshire Council’s inability to meet government housing targets has been a significant factor in the decision
Dominic Robertson

Councillor James Owen at the Oswestry site that is being earmarked for disposal

Shropshire Council 'forced' to sell land earmarked for social housing

There is still time to help shape how Powys tackles long-term empty homes, with just two weeks left to take part in the Council Tax Premium consultation

Have a say on Council Tax Premium for empty properties

Cllr Ange Williams - Powys Independents - represents Knighton and Beguildy.

Powys council to decide on restrictions on a Knighton farmhouse

CGI of new housing on the former Phoenix School site in Telford

£2m boost to new Telford housing project

Powys council says new development will reduce reliance on emergency housing

Powys council says new units will reduce reliance on emergency housing

Councillor Andrew Eade had wanted a pedestrian crossing at this point on the A518 but was told it was not supported.

Crop field south of Newport can be used for 166 homes

Controversial plans for seven self-contained modular dwelling units for emergency homeless people, have been submitted.

Seven homeless units could be built near a Llandrindod Wells school

The new homes are set to be built on land off Kingfisher Way in Morda

Social housing development on village edge set for approval

Consultation events on two large Shropshire housing plans

A consultation on the Council Tax Premium for empty properties in Powys is now open

Consultation on the Council Tax Premium for empty Powys properties

Halls' new recruits Ed Blunt and Dan Callaghan (left and right) with associate director and senior planning consultant Paul Watson

Halls expands planning and development services
Shrewsbury property group hires two new faces to its growing team
Tamlyn Jones

Construction was the least optimistic of the main sectors in the latest FSB survey.

Farmland near M54 junction earmarked for more than 100 new homes

Mark Pritchard

MP demands consultation over Shropshire asylum seeker plans

Steve Reed

Steve Reed backs Andy Burnham’s plans to ‘go further and faster’ on devolution

Providing homes for single people given priority in Telford

Watling Street in Craven Arms

Plans in for major new housing scheme in south Shropshire town

Left to right at the entrance to the Cae’r Hen Ysgol development are: Geraint Roberts, Barcud’s Head of Development; Craig Edwards Quantity Surveyor with JJP Services; Mike Prior JJP Services’ Director; Jamie Davies, JJP Operations Manager; Jason Jones, Barcud Group Chief Executive; Dave Hilliard, JJP Services Contracts Manager; Mark Owen, JJP Services Architect and Kate Curran, Barcud Group Director of Finance, Governance and Investment.

A £2.5m development of 10 new homes in Llanidloes has been completed

The London skyline

Stamp duty reform needed to help first-time buyers afford homes, say MPs

Plans by The Bracken Trust to build three houses near their cancer support centre in Llandrindod Wells will be decided by Powys council's Planning committee.

Bracken Trust housing plan in Llandrindod Wells called in

How the development near Fir House in Churchstoke could look when completed.

Churchstoke council houses likely to be approved

Plus 800-home garden village developers want 'masterplan' for town

John Green, chief executive of Shropshire Rural Housing Association

Affordable homes ‘not about bringing outsiders in' says housing boss

Landlords urged to be prepared as new rules announced for small HMOs

An indicative 3D image of how the development could look

Six more homes in north Shropshire village given permission

Advanced craft electrician Ryan Donegani (left) and electrician apprentice Angus Fleming from Housing Plus Group

Housing Plus Group launches apprentice recruitment drive

The proposed site of the development in Shifnal.

NHS in financial demand over impact of 200 new homes on county town

The yellow arrows show the existing footpath. However, there will be a proposed footpath north of the site that would link to Wollerton

Plans for 20 new homes in north Shropshire village

Shirley-Anne Somerville sheltering under an umbrella while walking along a street

Combining social justice and housing briefs ‘deflating’, says Shelter Scotland

Plans to build 19 new homes on the northern edge of Baschurch have been given the go-ahead

Plans for 19 homes on edge of north Shropshire village approved

Contractor appointed for major scheme to build dozens of new Powys homes

Contractor appointed to build dozens of new Powys homes

Plans to convert number eight Castle Street, Builth Wells into flats have been rejected by Powys planners.

Plans to convert terraced house into five flats refused by planners

Shifnal has been one area of considerable development in recent years.

Plus Here's just how many new Shropshire houses are needed to meet targets

Cllr Sarah Marston, Cllr Alex Wagner, Cllr Andy Davis and Cllr Bernie Bentick

Shake up at Shropshire Council announced - here’s what’s happening

The site of the planned development.

Plus Huge housing estate approved after planners reject traffic concerns

Plus 34 photos capture community fighting to 'restore and protect' town

Cllr Gareth D Jones

Old plan 'can still be used' to help decide planning applications

Nearly 100 new homes planned for village near Shrewsbury

The proposed site of the development.

Huge Shrewsbury estate set to go-ahead despite gridlock concerns

The proposed site of the development in Shifnal.

200 homes plan revealed as latest proposal for Shropshire town

Woodside, Telford

Plus We visit the Telford estate shaking off its bad reputation

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