{"id":10658,"date":"2026-04-10T12:17:19","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T12:17:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/?p=10658"},"modified":"2026-04-10T12:17:19","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T12:17:19","slug":"friday-10-04-2026-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/daily-news\/friday-10-04-2026-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday: 10\/04\/2026 \/ News"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"blue-color\">\n<h6>Daily News: 10\/04\/2026<\/h6>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Equans has been reappointed by Babergh District Council and Mid Suffolk District Council to deliver energy efficiency retrofit works for disadvantaged households under the Warm Homes programme, improving housing quality and reducing energy costs.<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.equans.co.uk\/news\/equans-babergh-reappointment?utm_source=chatgpt.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Equans<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Homes England has agreed a multi-million-pound debt facility with Richborough to fund new sites and planning applications, increasing the supply of consented land for future housing delivery.<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/news\/homes-england-agrees-multi-million-pound-debt-facility-with-richborough\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">GOV.UK<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Brighton &amp; Hove City Council is delivering 306 affordable homes at Sackville Road, Hove, with Hyde Housing Association, featuring a strong energy-efficient design including solar panels to help reduce residents\u2019 energy costs.<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brighton-hove.gov.uk\/news\/2026\/hundreds-more-affordable-homes-hove\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Brighton &amp; Hove City Council<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nottingham City Council has met its target of acquiring 60 additional council homes between 2024 and 2026, delivering the programme under budget to support residents in housing need.<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/westbridgfordwire.com\/council-buys-60-homes-to-help-people-in-housing-need\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">West Bridgford Wire<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pinnacle Group has secured a contract to manage over 160 social housing units around London\u2019s Oxo Tower, working with Coin Street Housing Co-operative as it transitions to South Bank Community Housing Co-operative. Wales &amp; West Housing has appointed Jamson Estates to deliver a redevelopment project in Cardigan, including retaining and upgrading the historic Priory House building. Krol Corlett has been appointed to refurbish Grosvenor House in Corby, creating a multi-use cultural and community facility, with works expected to take nine months.<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facilitatemagazine.com\/2026\/04\/08\/pinnacle-wins-housing-management-deal-oxo-tower\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Facilitate Magazine<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wwha.co.uk\/en\/news\/cardigan-hospital\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wales &amp; West Housing Association Ltd<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northnorthants.gov.uk\/news\/contractor-appointed-multi-use-building-project-corby-final-towns-fund-project\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">North Northamptonshire Council<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Plans across England signal continued housing growth, with the Chelsea Barracks scheme revised to deliver up to 515 homes, while proposals include up to 350 homes in Gobowen and 300 homes in Cornwall aimed at addressing local shortages. Meanwhile, Thurrock Council is set to consider a 116-home development on green belt land in Chadwell St Mary.<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/cm25vdzvrmgo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BBC<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bordercountiesadvertizer.co.uk\/news\/oswestry\/26006716.350-new-homes-built-new-gobowen-development\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Oswestry Border Counties Advertizer<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.plymouthherald.co.uk\/news\/local-news\/plans-up-300-more-homes-10907651\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Plymouth Live<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thurrockgazette.co.uk\/news\/26000029.thurrock-council-consider-116-chadwell-st-mary-homes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thurrock Gazette<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Daily News: 10\/04\/2026 Equans has been reappointed by Babergh District Council and Mid Suffolk District Council to deliver energy efficiency retrofit works for disadvantaged households under the Warm Homes programme, improving housing quality and reducing energy costs. Equans Homes England has agreed a multi-million-pound debt facility with Richborough to fund new sites and planning applications, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10658","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10658","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10658"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10658\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10667,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10658\/revisions\/10667"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10658"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10658"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10658"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}