Buildings
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Twyford Park has reached its highest structural point in Ealing. The 296-home scheme combines affordable housing, private sales, heritage restoration, and publicly accessible landscaping.
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Belfast’s largest recent residential scheme has now reached practical completion. The 627-home BTR element introduces institutional rental housing at scale to Northern Ireland.
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Peel has launched a cash takeover bid for Harworth Group. The 172.5p offer values the brownfield developer at £582.88m and opens a review of its land strategy.
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England has changed biodiversity net gain exemptions for new applications. Small and temporary developments gain relief, while the dedicated self-build exemption ends.
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Gateway 2 approval rates have risen across higher-risk building applications. The latest BSR data records faster new-build decisions, stronger remediation performance, and a substantial live caseload.
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Magrock will build David Lloyd’s £16m health club in Yeovil. Pools, spa facilities, racquets courts, and specialist leisure systems are scheduled for completion during summer 2027.
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YourTRIBE proposes 1,053 managed accommodation units beside Greenwich infrastructure assets. The brownfield scheme would provide 673 student rooms and 380 co-living homes across two towers.
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North Manchester’s hospital rebuild will begin with new outpatient facilities. Bovis is expected to start construction in 2027, before the wider hospital programme advances through its principal delivery phases.
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Orbit has opened procurement for its £1.435 billion housing programme. Five regional contracts will cover planned upgrades, remediation, decarbonisation, compliance work, and complex major projects.
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Camden has approved expanded plans for Kingsway House’s hotel conversion. The 80-room scheme combines an office retrofit with demolition and a new seven-storey building on adjoining plots.