The Next London Plan
Posted on June 30th 2025
The GLA have signalled that the next London Plan will continue to strengthen its focus on energy and sustainability. The GLA has detailed that they are targeting adoption of the next London Plan in 2028, following a consultation on the detailed proposal in 2026 and submission to the Planning Inspectorate in 2027. Below is a summary of the energy and …
Happy Christmas & Happy New Year
Posted on December 17th 2024
We wish you all the very best during the festive season and hope you have a happy and joyous new year. We would like to thank all our clients for your continued support through the year and look forward to working with you all in the year ahead. Some highlights from 2024 include: Our 25th anniversary; Successfully helping numerous schemes …
Hodkinson is 25 this week!
Posted on August 16th 2024
This week marks our 25th anniversary of providing advice so we can all make a difference across the built environment. We would like to thank you all for your continued support and trust over the years to work on interesting and challenging projects. We look forward to the next 25 years of continuing to help the industry by providing practical …
Company co-founder Wendy Hodkinson dies peacefully from Ovarian Cancer
Posted on August 18th 2023
Wendy Hodkinson, co-founder of the company, died on Friday 11th August 2023 following a 3 year battle with Ovarian Cancer. She died peacefully with her family in Michael Sobell Hospice, Northwood. Alongside her husband Richard, Wendy founded the company in 1998 to promote environmental and sustainability standards for new housing. The company was one of the first sustainability consultants in …
How Sustainable Design Addresses Climate, Health and Energy Challenges
Posted on February 27th 2023
Quality buildings address the current concerns of their occupants, including increased energy costs, health and wellbeing, and climate change. Some examples of how these are addressed in your designs are shown in this image:
Acoustic Design for High Quality Housing
Posted on January 18th 2018
An increasing demand for housing is leading to the continuous development of urban areas and infill of brownfield sites. As a result, the impact of environmental noise is becoming an increasingly important consideration for developers when designing high quality new buildings. External noise affects health and quality of life, as well as impacting on the availability of natural ventilation through …
London’s Draft Solar Action Plan Promotes PV Panels Through Planning
Posted on October 11th 2017
The draft London Solar Action Plan was published by the Mayor of London for consultation on 11th August. It sets out a key target to encourage more solar energy installations through the planning system, including for new development and retrofitted on existing buildings. The new draft London Plan, to be published in November this year, will continue to encourage major …
Updates to BREEAM Fees
Posted on June 14th 2017
The BRE are increasing the BREEAM registration and certification fees, as of 1st July. If your projects are registered before 30th June the current charges will apply. For UK New Construction, the following registration and certification fees will apply after 1st July: Further changes are: BREEAM UK Refurbishment and Fit Out registration fees are increasing from £195 to £250. Home …
Changes to BREEAM and HQM Assessment Fees
Posted on April 28th 2017
The BRE typically update their scheme fees every two or three years and the last fee change for many of the schemes was back in July 2014. Scheme fees are changing in the following versions: Notably the biggest changes are as follows: Registration fees are increasing from £195 to £250 for New Construction and Refurb and Fit Out assessments HQM …
UKGBC Releases Technical Papers on Health and Wellbeing in Homes – with the help of Hodkinson Consultancy
Posted on April 4th 2017
With the help of our technical input, the UK Green Building Council has recently launched a suite of technical papers on health and wellbeing in homes. This builds on their Health and Wellbeing in Homes report launched in July last year, to which Hodkinson Consultancy was a key contributor. The papers build on the guidance provided in the full report, …