02/12/25

Emergency Services Planning Protocol launched at Essex Planning in Partnership Conference

Essex County Fire and Rescue Service, Essex Police, and the East of England Ambulance Service, supported by PFCC Roger Hurst and the Essex Developers Group, jointly hosted the very first Planning...

17/11/25

One month after the Essex Housing Awards 2025: Placemaking, Pride, and Potential

It has been a month since the Essex Housing Awards 2025, and the pride and conversations around the event continue. The celebratory evening brought together 250 guests at the stunning...

23/10/25

A New Plan for Nature Recovery in Essex

Essex has taken a major step forward in tackling the decline of wildlife with the launch of the Essex Local Nature Recovery Strategy (LNRS), a first-of-its-kind plan designed to boost...

21/10/25

Celebrating Excellence: Essex Housing Awards 2025 Honours the Best in the Sector

An inspiring evening of celebration brought together 250 guests at the stunning Hylands House for the Essex Housing Awards 2025, in association with Birketts LLP, CHP and Estuary Housing. Hosted...

26/08/25

Get to know the sponsors of the Essex Housing Awards 2025

The Essex Awards 2025, held in association with Birketts, CHP and Estuary Housing Association, has eight sponsors supporting the event programme this year. They are eager to share the success...

15/08/25

Supported and Specialist Housing Needs in Essex

At the August in-person meeting of the Essex Developers Group, kindly hosted by Ground Control the big topic this time around was the housing mix required to cater for those with...

31/07/25

The judges have deliberated…The 2025 Essex Housing Awards shortlist is out now

On Friday 25 July, a panel of leading housing professionals and advisors came together at the Birketts offices in Chelmsford for a difficult day of judging entries for this year’s...

16/06/25

Let’s chat about the Essex Housing Awards’ new categories

The Essex Housing Awards 2025, in association with Birketts, is delighted to introduce two new categories and one category brought back for its second year based on industry priorities and...

14/05/25

CHESS Homeless Charity takes ownership of 24 homes to help tackle homelessness in Chelmsford

Award-winning five-star housebuilder The Hill Group has handed over 24 DuoHaus homes to Chelmsford charity CHESS Homeless. The modular, self-contained properties have been purpose-built to support local homeless people to...

01/05/25

Essex Housing Awards returns to spotlight housing excellence in 2025

On 29 April, at the Building New Communities Conference, the highly anticipated Essex Housing Awards, in association with Birketts (marking their fourth year as headline partners), launched with the aim...