1.5m New Homes
by Toby Fox
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Greenwich: Staying the Course at One Woolwich
Greenwich: Staying the Course at One Woolwich
About this podcast
Each month at 1.5M New Homes, journalist and consultant Toby Fox will be visiting a different council in England to ask what works and what doesn’t in getting new homes built. He'll also be asking what it takes to build a career in public sector housing delivery.
Episodes
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- Greenwich: Staying the Course at One Woolwich · 12 min · Episode 108Long-term regeneration is rarely blessed by ideal conditions — it takes staying power. In this episode of 1.5M New Homes: The Local Government Challenge, Toby Fox visits Trinity…
- Greenwich: Learning the Hard Way with MMC · 10 min · Episode 107Trying new ways to build homes comes with real risk — but doing nothing comes with a bigger one. In this episode of 1.5M New Homes: The Local Government Challenge, Toby Fox meets…
- Greenwich: Leadership, Partnership and the Long Game · 21 min · Episode 106Unlocking major regeneration sites is a long-term endeavour — and it starts with leadership. In this panel episode of 1.5M New Homes: The Local Government Challenge, Toby Fox is…
- Greenwich: Unlocking Charlton Riverside · 14 min · Episode 105In Greenwich, the easy sites are largely gone. In this episode of 1.5M New Homes: The Local Government Challenge, Toby Fox speaks to Emma Sweeney, Head of Regeneration at the…
- Placemaking, Infrastructure and Building Places People Want to Live · 16 min · Episode 104Housing delivery doesn’t start with numbers. It starts with place. In this episode of 1.5M New Homes: The Local Government Challenge, Toby Fox speaks to Alan Evans, Interim…
- Greenwich: Delivery, Partnership and Tough Decisions · 9 min · Episode 103Housing delivery doesn’t happen in ideal conditions. In this episode of 1.5M New Homes: The Local Government Challenge, Toby Fox speaks to Cllr Majid Rahman, Cabinet Member for…
- Greenwich: Temporary Accommodation, Homelessness and the Cost of Inaction · 8 min · Episode 102Temporary accommodation is one of the clearest — and most costly — symptoms of England’s housing crisis. In this episode of 1.5M New Homes: The Local Government Challenge, Toby…
- Greenwich: Leadership, Infrastructure and Delivering Homes at Scale · 12 min · Episode 101How do councils unlock housing delivery at scale — in the toughest conditions in a generation? In this episode of 1.5M New Homes: The Local Government Challenge, Toby Fox speaks…
- Webinar - Skills, SMEs and Supply Chains: What Councils Can Do to Unlock Housing Delivery · 1 h 7 min · Episode 100We are pleased to share this month's webinar from 1.5M New Homes: The Local Government Challenge, with Stevenage Borough Council "Skills, SMEs and Supply Chains: What Councils…
- Public Sector Housing Delivery: A Career Worth Choosing · 11 min · Episode 99What’s it really like to build a career in public-sector housing delivery? In this episode, Simon Nuttall reflects on starting out in local government, being trusted early, and…
- Why Skills and Capacity are Now the Real Constraints on Housing Delivery · 17 min · Episode 98In this episode, we focus on the skills challenge facing housing delivery. Andy Bugler (Bugler Developments), Ash Ahmed (Stevenage Borough Council) and Samantha Phelps (Red Loft)…
- What Today's New Towns Can Learn From the Post-War New Towns Programme · 13 min · Episode 97In this episode, Ash Ahmed reflects on Stevenage’s experience as part of the post-war New Towns programme — and what that experience can teach today’s new towns programme. The…
- Why Supported Housing is Central to Fixing the Wider Housing System · 20 min · Episode 96In this episode, we visit a supported housing scheme in Stevenage with Ash Ahmed, Chief Land & Development Officer at Stevenage Borough Council. Ash explains why supported…
- Why Partnership Matters When Delivery Gets Complex · 17 min · Episode 95This episode explores the difference between transactional delivery and active partnership on a live housing scheme in Stevenage. Simon Nuttall (Stevenage Borough Council) and…
- Estate Regeneration in Practice: How Councils Lead Well · 13 min · Episode 94In this episode of 1.5M New Homes: The Local Government Challenge, we visit The Oval estate in Stevenage with Simon Nuttall, Head of Land & Development at Stevenage Borough…
- Using Council Land to Unlock Housing Delivery · 8 min · Episode 93In this episode, we visit Kenilworth Close in Stevenage with Ash Ahmed, Chief Land & Development Officer at Stevenage Borough Council. Ash explains how the council has approached…
- Designing for Later Life: Housing Older Residents Well · 14 min · Episode 92In this episode, we visit Brodie Court in Stevenage — an independent living scheme designed to improve quality of life for older residents while also supporting the wider housing…
- Joining the Dots: Leadership, Place and Delivery · 8 min · Episode 91In this episode, Tom Pike (Chief Executive) and Cllr Richard Henry (Leader) reflect on why Stevenage has taken a long-term, joined-up approach to renewal. They discuss how…
- Why Councils Can't Afford Not to Invest in Housing · 14 min · Episode 90In this episode, Tom Pike, Chief Executive of Stevenage Borough Council, reflects on why councils need to stay actively invested in housing delivery. He discusses long-term risk…
- Raising Aspirations for Stevenage and its Residents · 15 min · Episode 89In this episode, Cllr Richard Henry, Leader of Stevenage Borough Council, talks about raising aspirations for the town and its residents. He reflects on confidence, opportunity…
