{"id":10907,"date":"2026-05-11T08:22:56","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T08:22:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/?p=10907"},"modified":"2026-05-11T08:22:57","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T08:22:57","slug":"monday-11-05-2026-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/daily-news\/monday-11-05-2026-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday: 11\/05\/2026 \/ News"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Daily News: 11\/05\/2026<\/h6>\n

Birmingham City Council has begun market engagement on a \u00a31.85bn framework covering construction, refurbishment, demolition and specialist works across its property and infrastructure portfolio. <\/span>Construction News (register)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The London Borough of Tower Hamlets has alerted contractors to a \u00a3500m housing programme spanning upgrades, fire safety and refurbishment, with eight contracts planned and procurement due this summer. <\/span>Construction Enquirer<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

A&D Carbon Solutions, acquired by Earnz, has secured a two-year contract with Fortem to deliver retrofit works for Sanctuary Housing across Yorkshire. <\/span>LSE<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Construction has begun on the next phase of the St Andrews West development at Braeburn, continuing progress on the wider residential-led scheme. Meanwhile, Kori Construction has been appointed to deliver a new 64-bed care home in Mitcham for Care UK.<\/span> Scottish Housing News<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> Construction Enquirer<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

L&Q has reported an 11% year-on-year drop in completions to its lowest level in over a decade, as it increases investment in maintaining and improving existing housing stock.<\/span> Housing Today (register)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

A further 9,500 homes and businesses in Essex will receive upgraded broadband under the government\u2019s Project Gigabit programme, supporting digital connectivity and infrastructure.<\/span> GOV.UK<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Plans have been approved to bring forward 246 new homes in Leeds city centre following the sale of council-owned land to a developer. Meanwhile, Strata has secured planning permission for 230 homes in Bolsover, supporting new housing delivery in Derbyshire. Elsewhere, developers are progressing a further 230 homes as part of a wider 812-home scheme near a Derbyshire town despite ongoing controversy. In the West Midlands, Persimmon has secured approval for a 226-home residential development on the edge of Shrewsbury. Separately, Bellway has submitted plans to deliver up to 120 new homes in Cronton, with proposals now under consideration.<\/span> Leeds Live<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> Derby World<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> Derbyshire Times<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> TheBusinessDesk.com<\/span><\/a>, and<\/span> Runcorn and Widnes World<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Daily News: 11\/05\/2026 Birmingham City Council has begun market engagement on a \u00a31.85bn framework covering construction, refurbishment, demolition and specialist works across its property and infrastructure portfolio. Construction News (register) The London Borough of Tower Hamlets has alerted contractors to a \u00a3500m housing programme spanning upgrades, fire safety and refurbishment, with eight contracts planned and […]<\/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-10907","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10907","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=10907"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10907\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10911,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10907\/revisions\/10911"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10907"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10907"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}