Episode 86

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25th Nov 2025

Small Builders, Big Difference - How Enfield is Rethinking Delivery

Aneesh Maini, Head of Development at Enfield Council, shares how the borough is rethinking housing delivery — opening its pipeline to smaller builders, streamlining procurement, and focusing on design quality that lasts.

He explains how local partnerships, practical innovation and attention to detail are helping Enfield speed up delivery while building better homes and stronger neighbourhoods.


🎥 Part of 1.5 Million New Homes: The Local Government Challenge, produced in partnership with Red Loft and Lovell.

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1.5m New Homes
Asking what works and what doesn’t in getting new homes built
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.

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