New test to help creatures great and small

30-40,000 custom and self-build (CSB) homes could and should be built in the UK each year, says Richard Bacon, in a report that rails against "houses designed by accountants".

'In some cases, the scale of flooding or coastal change may be so significant [that it] may mean potentially moving communities out of harm’s way in the longer term'

'The impact of Brexit and any shift in GDP is likely to reduce [home improvement] activity further', warns Barbour ABI