{"id":12282,"date":"2026-07-29T08:39:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T08:39:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/?p=12282"},"modified":"2026-07-30T07:53:42","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T07:53:42","slug":"wednesday-29-07-2026-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/daily-news\/wednesday-29-07-2026-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Wednesday: 29\/07\/2026 \/ News"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Daily News: 29\/07\/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

Gosport Borough Council has launched a tender for external consultants to develop a 10-year regeneration plan and a four-year investment plan for the Rowner Pride in Place Programme. <\/span> Partnerships Bulletin<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Lovell Partnerships has secured a \u00a353m contract to rebuild the 131-home Meadow Grange scheme in Southend following Ilke Homes\u2019 collapse, with the new development delivering 221 affordable homes by November 2028. <\/span> Construction Enquirer<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Hellens Residential has secured Homes England funding through the Social and Affordable Homes Programme to support a \u00a327m investment in 122 affordable homes at Burtree Garden Village in Darlington, with around 60% allocated for social rent. <\/span> Housing Executive<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Hightown has secured a \u00a375m revolving credit facility with Barclays, strengthening its financial resilience and providing additional funding flexibility to invest in existing homes, services and new affordable housing. <\/span> Hightown Housing Association Ltd<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Vistry and Abri have agreed the forward sale of 141 affordable homes at the 1,500-home Fordham development in West Sussex, supporting delivery through their joint venture, Ford North LLP. Multiplex has secured the main works contract for Derwent London\u2019s \u00a3200m 50 Baker Street mixed-use development in Marylebone. Stepnell has been appointed by Sovereign Network Group to deliver two affordable housing developments in Basingstoke and Reading. <\/span> Vistry Group Plc<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> Construction Enquirer<\/span><\/a>, and<\/span> Insider Media<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Portsmouth City Council could retire four ageing tower blocks by 2030, potentially requiring more than 500 households in Somerstown and Buckland to be rehoused. <\/span> The News<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Equans Regeneration has returned to profit after two years of restructuring, following its exit from mainstream housebuilding and the fading impact of associated costs. Fusion21 reports that more than 700 people secured employment, including 116 apprentices, through social value initiatives linked to projects delivered via its procurement frameworks. <\/span> Construction Enquirer<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> The Construction Index<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

NHBC recorded 29,162 new home registrations in Q2 2026, down 4% year-on-year, while registrations in the rental and affordable sector remained broadly unchanged at 10,117 homes. <\/span> NHBC<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Vivid completed more than 1,500 homes for the third consecutive year, despite missing its target, while turnover and operating surplus declined. Edinburgh City Council\u2019s housing waiting list has exceeded 31,000 applicants, with nearly a third waiting more than five years amid a freeze on new housing lets. <\/span> Housing Today (register)<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> Edinburgh Evening News<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The Regulator of Social Housing has reinforced the importance of strong governance, highlighting that well-governed landlords are better placed to deliver more and better-quality social homes for tenants. <\/span> GOV.UK<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

West Lancashire Council has confirmed an environmental impact assessment is required for plans to develop 360 homes in Aughton. Plans for 350 homes on London\u2019s green belt in Bromley are heading to appeal, potentially allowing the controversial scheme to proceed despite thousands of objections. Redrow has submitted plans for 130 homes next to the Kings Moat garden village strategic allocation to Cheshire West and Chester Council. Plans for 110 homes in a Lincolnshire village have been given additional time to be completed before the existing permission expires. <\/span> Place North West<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> South London Community Matter<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> Place North West<\/span><\/a>, and<\/span> Lincolnshire World<\/span><\/a>
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Daily News: 29\/07\/2026 Gosport Borough Council has launched a tender for external consultants to develop a 10-year regeneration plan and a four-year investment plan for the Rowner Pride in Place Programme. Partnerships Bulletin Lovell Partnerships has secured a \u00a353m contract to rebuild the 131-home Meadow Grange scheme in Southend following Ilke Homes\u2019 collapse, with the […]<\/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-12282","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12282","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=12282"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12282\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12285,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12282\/revisions\/12285"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12282"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12282"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12282"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}