The Irish who built Britain – Regent Director, Pat Maher, looks back at his family history

I was recently at a family get-together and, as often happens at these types of gatherings, someone brought out some old photographs. Amongst these, we came across one of my dad and his workmates back in the sixties – my dad isn’t actually visible in the photo above, he’s in that hole you can...
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Planning application submitted for Highams Park, E4

Regent Land is delighted to announce we have submitted a detailed planning application to redevelop an underused brownfield site in Highams Park E4, into a new residential development with an exceptional, innovative design by Clear Architects. The exciting proposal, involving the demolition of...
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Planning appeal upheld for Station Road, Greenhithe

Regent Land is delighted to announce our recent success in winning the planning appeal for our proposed housing scheme at Station Road, Greenhithe. Having received refusal at Dartford planning committee a year ago by one vote against a strong officer recommendation, we once again found...
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Residential developments – what makes a good design

The demand for housing across the country is greater than ever, with the National Housing Federation estimating 340,000 new homes need to be supplied in England each year to meet demand.* While building new properties to meet this need is undoubtedly important, it is also vital to consider the...
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Preserving heritage buildings in new developments

At Regent we have been working on regenerating a fantastic site on the banks of the River Colne in Colchester, which includes the restoration of a grade-II-listed mill into a three-bedroom house. As with any project involving the preservation of a historical site, there are additional...
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The Future Homes Standard – What does it mean for developers?

At Regent, we’re looking to the future with a number of sustainable new developments in their early design stages. The first of these will be a project featuring eight new net zero carbon homes at our site in Waltham Forest, with FUSE Architects. The location has an existing brook running...
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