{"id":11725,"date":"2026-06-29T08:29:55","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T08:29:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/?p=11725"},"modified":"2026-07-08T08:26:17","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T08:26:17","slug":"monday-29-06-2026-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/daily-news\/monday-29-06-2026-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday: 29\/06\/2026 \/ News"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Daily News: 29\/06\/2026<\/h6>\n
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Your daily round-up of key housing news, funding, partnerships and policy updates across the UK.<\/div>\n <\/div><\/span><\/h6>\n

Southern Construction Framework (SCF), delivered jointly by Hampshire and Devon County Councils, has launched procurement for its \u00a32bn-plus SCF6 framework, supporting public sector construction projects across London, the South East and South West over four years.<\/span> Construction Enquirer<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The National Housing Federation estimates that Homes England\u2019s request for providers to reprofile bids under the \u00a339bn Social and Affordable Homes Programme (SAHP) could result in 17,000 fewer affordable homes being delivered over the next three years.<\/span> Housing Today (register)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Orbit Homes has partnered with Bellway to deliver 62 affordable homes at the Arden Glade development in Keresley, Coventry. Meanwhile, construction has begun on a 67-home development in Rodley, Leeds, bringing a long-vacant brownfield site back into residential use.<\/span> Housing Digital<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> Insider Media<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The Greater Manchester Combined Authority has allocated \u00a325m towards the redevelopment of Bury Interchange, supporting a new transport hub and unlocking planned residential development on neighbouring land.<\/span> Place North West<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

A new report from the Insulated Render and Cladding Association highlights the benefits of external wall insulation for improving energy efficiency, comfort and sustainability across UK homes and buildings. Meanwhile, households using heating oil across England and Wales will become eligible for grants of up to \u00a39,000 towards heat pump installation, supporting lower energy bills and decarbonisation. Separately, the government is reportedly considering plans for a state-owned housing developer that could borrow at lower rates to accelerate housing delivery. <\/span>INCA<\/a>,<\/span> GOV.UK<\/span><\/a>, and<\/span> The Guardian<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Apex Urban Developments has unveiled proposals for a five-storey co-living scheme delivering around 500 rental homes on the former Lord Street Car Park in Gravesend. Meanwhile, Story Homes has secured outline consent for an \u00a380m redevelopment of the former Camelot theme park, paving the way for 350 homes. In Leeds, detailed plans for more than 300 homes have been approved, supporting the delivery of additional housing as part of a wider development. Separately, Story Homes is preparing plans for around 260 new homes on the edge of Penrith. Meanwhile, plans to regenerate Rotherham town centre include three riverside residential neighbourhoods delivering around 225 new homes. Separately, outline proposals have been submitted for up to 160 homes on green belt land in Aldridge, Walsall.<\/span> Kent Live<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> Place North West<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> Insider Media<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> News & Star<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> BBC<\/span><\/a>, and<\/span> Birmingham Live<\/span><\/a>
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Daily News: 29\/06\/2026 Southern Construction Framework (SCF), delivered jointly by Hampshire and Devon County Councils, has launched procurement for its \u00a32bn-plus SCF6 framework, supporting public sector construction projects across London, the South East and South West over four years. Construction Enquirer The National Housing Federation estimates that Homes England\u2019s request for providers to reprofile bids […]<\/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-11725","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11725","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=11725"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11725\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11855,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11725\/revisions\/11855"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11725"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11725"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11725"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}