Buildings
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Funding now covers unsafe cladding on buildings below eleven metres. Homes England has opened an eight-week application window for eligible residential blocks.
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Housing planning approvals have fallen to their lowest recorded level. Just 408 larger sites secured approval during the first quarter of 2026.
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Hospital builders are opening East of England supply-chain engagement opportunities. A Norwich event on 17 September will connect regional suppliers with construction partners appointed to five first-wave New Hospital Programme schemes.
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Imperial Court’s revised Liverpool conversion has now secured planning approval. The 95-flat scheme moves next towards Gateway 2 building-control approval after an earlier 106-home permitted-development proposal failed over daylight concerns.
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Cambridge has marked progress on 84 low-carbon City Reach homes. The 45 council homes and 39 private-sale properties combine gas-free heating, solar generation, MVHR, biodiversity measures, and accessible housing.
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Northern Gateway has advanced plans for 1,550 Simister Bowlee homes. Environmental scoping now sets the evidence required for a future application covering housing, a school, local facilities, transport, drainage, and open space.
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Evesham’s Riverside demolition proposal reaches the planning committee this week. Wychavon wants to clear the shopping centre and multi-storey car park before appointing partners for a wider mixed-use town-centre redevelopment.
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Haworth Tompkins will refurbish four Natural History Museum visitor galleries. The £1.84m design commission forms part of a wider programme to renew the Grade I-listed South Kensington estate before its 150th anniversary.
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Forshaw and AND Capital plan a £185m northern housing fund. The proposed vehicle remains subject to final structuring and due diligence but could support residential-led and mixed-use schemes across northern England.
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Stockport has approved two major school rebuilding projects for delivery. Bramhall High and Moorfield Primary can now advance through phased construction programmes designed around schools that must remain operational.