{"id":10673,"date":"2026-04-13T12:36:44","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T12:36:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/?p=10673"},"modified":"2026-04-13T12:38:28","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T12:38:28","slug":"monday-13-04-2026-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/daily-news\/monday-13-04-2026-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday: 13\/04\/2026 \/ News"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"blue-color\">\n<h6>Daily News: 13\/04\/2026<\/h6>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Midland Heart has awarded Chequers two five-year contracts worth \u00a31.9m annually to deliver cleaning and grounds maintenance across more than 1,600 sites.<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fmj.co.uk\/double-win-for-chequers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">FMJ<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stafford Borough Council has approved a development framework to guide town centre regeneration, potentially delivering up to 200 new homes and attracting developer interest following initial site preparation works.<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.staffordbc.gov.uk\/news\/councillors-agree-transformation-blueprint-stafford-town\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stafford Borough Council<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Octopus Capital has agreed a forward funding deal with Barratt and David Wilson Homes to deliver 110 affordable homes across sites in Suffolk and Cambridgeshire, supporting housing supply in the East of England.<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.housingexecutive.co.uk\/octopus-capital-and-barratt-homes-to-deliver-110-new-affordable-homes-across-east-england\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Housing Executive<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bovis Construction (Europe) has returned to profit following its separation from Lendlease, with the recovery largely driven by one-off accounting gains linked to the business reset after the sale.<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.constructionenquirer.com\/2026\/04\/13\/bovis-swings-back-to-profit-after-atlas-takeover-reset\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Construction Enquirer<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Housing development momentum continues across the UK, with plans unveiled for 1,800 homes in Bristol\u2019s Temple Quarter regeneration, alongside approval for nearly 450 homes in Preston. Additional proposals include 400 homes on a former paper mill site, 300 homes on Solihull green belt land with community amenities, and a 222-home scheme in Helsby delivered by Elan and Anwyl. Over 190 homes in Cumbria potentially revived following changes to nutrient neutrality rules, while a controversial 200-home scheme near Leicester is set for approval. Elsewhere, plans have been submitted for 165 homes in Teesside, and a 130-home development with a new country park in Hampshire has been approved on appeal.<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bristolpost.co.uk\/news\/bristol-news\/plans-1800-new-homes-bristols-10910285\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bristol Live<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lep.co.uk\/news\/politics\/green-light-for-almost-450-more-homes-in-growing-part-of-preston-but-no-sign-of-new-school-6571966\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lancashire Post<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/cly6zg70vl5o\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BBC<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.coventrytelegraph.net\/news\/local-news\/plans-unveiled-300-new-homes-33758158\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Coventry Live<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.placenorthwest.co.uk\/elan-anwyl-team-up-for-25-acre-helsby-housing-scheme\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Place North West<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.placenorthwest.co.uk\/resurrection-tipped-for-190-cumbrian-homes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Place North West<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.leicestermercury.co.uk\/news\/local-news\/controversial-200-home-plan-village-10909426\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Leicestershire Live<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gazettelive.co.uk\/news\/teesside-news\/eston-south-bank-low-grange-33751567\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Teesside Live<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.housingexecutive.co.uk\/green-light-for-130-new-homes-and-country-park-in-hampshire\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Housing Executive<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Daily News: 13\/04\/2026 Midland Heart has awarded Chequers two five-year contracts worth \u00a31.9m annually to deliver cleaning and grounds maintenance across more than 1,600 sites. FMJ Stafford Borough Council has approved a development framework to guide town centre regeneration, potentially delivering up to 200 new homes and attracting developer interest following initial site preparation works. [&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-10673","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10673","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=10673"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10673\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10680,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10673\/revisions\/10680"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10673"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10673"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10673"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}