{"id":13370,"date":"2026-09-28T08:45:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T08:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/?p=13370"},"modified":"2026-09-28T08:45:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T08:45:00","slug":"monday-28-09-2026-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/daily-news\/monday-28-09-2026-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday: 28\/09\/2026 \/ News"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Daily News: 28\/09\/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

Ealing Council plans two geographically divided M&E capital works contracts for council housing, procured through the CHIC framework, each valued at \u00a39.25m annually over five years, covering MEP replacements, compliance and statutory works. <\/span> Ealing Council<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Rotherham Council is preparing to procure a development partner for the 460-acre Bassingthorpe Farm scheme, planned for up to 2,000 homes, employment space and community facilities, with the formal tender scheduled for 31st January 2027. <\/span> Place Yorkshire<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Bolsover District Council is holding preliminary market engagement with contractors for a \u00a31m town centre shopfront improvement scheme, with around \u00a3900,000 allocated to works on listed buildings, scheduled for completion by March 2028. <\/span> Insider Media<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

More than 2,000 social homes in Coventry have benefited from energy-efficiency improvements, according to Coventry City Council. East Lothian Council has begun a \u00a37.5m-plus development at Wallyford, with McTaggart Construction delivering 36 social-rent homes next to Wallyford Learning Campus. <\/span> Coventry City Council<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> East Lothian Courier<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Jigsaw Homes Group has published its 2025\/26 Financial Statements, highlighting continued growth and investment in homes and communities across the North West and East Midlands. Wheatley reported higher turnover but fewer housing completions, while Notting Hill Genesis has delayed its audited 2026 Financial Statements until October as it works with auditors to complete the audit. <\/span> Jigsaw Homes Group Ltd.<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> Housing Today (register)<\/span><\/a>, and<\/span> Notting Hill Genesis<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Wheatley Housing Group has pledged 8,000 properties for homeless people by 2032 as part of a draft refreshed agreement with Glasgow City Council. <\/span> STV News<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Fenland District Council has transformed seven flats previously rented in poor condition and affected by mould, improving the properties as part of intervention to address housing standards. <\/span> Cambs News<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The Government has announced reforms aimed at bringing more long-term empty homes back into use, with changes intended to make more effective use of existing housing stock. Policy Exchange has published a report calling for fundamental changes to England\u2019s social housing and housing benefit systems, arguing they should better respond to changing needs and circumstances. <\/span> GOV.UK<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> Policy Exchange<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The National Retrofit Hub\u2019s report sets out a vision for strengthening the UK retrofit system, highlighting the Government\u2019s Warm Homes Plan and the need for more comfortable, affordable and climate-resilient homes. <\/span> National Retrofit Hub<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Manchester City Council has outlined Piccadilly regeneration plans with potential for 13,000 homes and 40,000 jobs ahead of Northern Powerhouse Rail. Developers have submitted plans for nearly 1,500 homes in east London, while Persimmon has proposed 432 homes as the first phase of a 1,270-home Alvecote Park scheme in Tamworth. Plans are also progressing for 450 homes in Wirral and 345 homes in Leicestershire. Vistry has secured consent for 147 homes in Oldham with First Choice, while plans for 100+ homes in Hartlepool have been approved. <\/span> Show House<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> BBC<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> Place North West<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> Wirral Today<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> BBC<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> Place North West<\/span><\/a>, and<\/span> Insider Media<\/span><\/a>\n

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Published daily on weekdays.<\/div>\n <\/div><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Daily News: 28\/09\/2026 Ealing Council plans two geographically divided M&E capital works contracts for council housing, procured through the CHIC framework, each valued at \u00a39.25m annually over five years, covering MEP replacements, compliance and statutory works. Ealing Council Rotherham Council is preparing to procure a development partner for the 460-acre Bassingthorpe Farm scheme, planned for […]<\/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-13370","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13370","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=13370"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13370\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13384,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13370\/revisions\/13384"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13370"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}