Buildings
-
Bloor Homes has won its Prestbury Road planning appeal today. Outline consent allows up to 200 homes, with 45% affordable, after the inspector classified the site as Grey Belt and gave substantial weight to Cheshire East’s housing supply shortfall.
-
Bellway completed 9,695 homes despite softer demand across Britain overall. Output exceeded guidance and cash generation strengthened sharply, although reservations and the forward order book fell while mortgage rates and build-cost pressure remained.
-
Blackpool has opened market engagement for its Central Drive regeneration. The £90.4m-backed first phase combines large-scale demolition with up to 230 energy-efficient homes, infrastructure, community uses, and new public realm.
-
Passivhaus Trust has backed Scotland’s proposed building standards overhaul plans. Its response supports stronger energy metrics and PHPP recognition, while calling for tighter airtightness requirements and more representative treatment of ventilation losses.
-
Eden Project Morecambe is entering its main site construction phase. VINCI Building will start with the public garden before progressing the two principal visitor structures and connecting Metronome building ahead of the planned 2028 opening.
-
East Renfrewshire is investing £9.1m across existing council housing stock. Nearly 1,500 homes are covered by roof, render, window, heating, kitchen, safety, access-control, and estate improvement works during 2026/27.
-
HBC has completed Sheffield’s new child-health technology centre, The Spark. The 43,000 sq ft facility will house the National Centre for Child Health Technology and has now passed into commissioning and operational preparation.
-
Bridgemont has submitted plans to retrofit One Embankment Place extensively. The Charing Cross scheme would retain around 90% of the structure and floorplate while replacing gas plant and targeting sharply lower operational energy demand.
-
Steel erection is advancing at Aberdeen’s new Hazlehead Academy campus. Around 80 steel deliveries are planned as Robertson builds the 1,600-pupil replacement school beside the existing operational academy.
-
Peel has opened consultation on the proposed Haydock Point campus. The 1.3 million sq ft St Helens scheme combines manufacturing and employment space, highway changes, a multi-fuel HGV hub, landscaping, and supporting infrastructure.