{"id":13422,"date":"2026-10-01T09:12:20","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T09:12:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/?p=13422"},"modified":"2026-10-01T09:12:20","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T09:12:20","slug":"thursday-01-10-2026-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/daily-news\/thursday-01-10-2026-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Thursday: 01\/10\/2026 \/ News"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Daily News: 01\/10\/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

Rochdale Borough Council is preparing to procure a development partner for the Rochdale Town Centre Heat Network and will hold a virtual Bidders Day on 15th October 2026 for prospective bidders. <\/span> Partnerships Bulletin<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Notting Hill Genesis has appointed 15 contractors to its \u00a3500m Empty Homes (Voids) Refurbishment Works Framework covering Greater London, with scope including refurbishment, asbestos, energy efficiency, gas safety, boilers and electrical works. <\/span> Construction News<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Abri has secured \u00a3106,452 in government funding to investigate heating and hot water improvements for 291 households across five schemes in Bracknell, Ascot, Windsor and London, as part of a review covering more than 3,500 homes. <\/span> Abri<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

As of August 2026, 4,724 residential buildings of 11 metres and above with unsafe cladding were being monitored through MHCLG remediation programmes, with 2,571 buildings having started or completed works and 1,849 completed. <\/span> GOV.UK<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Construction has begun on a 208-home development at Trafford Waters, forming part of Peel Waters\u2019 plans for a new neighbourhood within TraffordCity. <\/span> Messenger<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Sovereign Network Group has gone live with Totalmobile\u2019s Field First platform, introducing a new frontline working approach for nearly 900 operatives delivering housing and property services across nearly 88,000 homes. <\/span> Housing Executive<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Stonewater has completed the transfer of 1,700 homes from Mount Green Housing Association across Surrey and West Sussex, expanding its portfolio to more than 40,000 homes. The Regulator of Social Housing has issued C3 consumer grades to Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council and Thanet District Council over serious failings in repairs, health and safety, home conditions, transparency and accountability. Basildon Council has identified nearly 3,000 overdue fire safety actions across its housing blocks, with internal documents warning that the backlog posed a risk of tenant harm. <\/span> Stonewater Ltd<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> GOV.UK<\/span><\/a>, and<\/span> Echo<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Crest Nicholson has secured a two-month extension to an interest cover covenant waiver on its debt facilities, extending the waiver until the end of November as discussions with lenders continue. <\/span> Housing Today (register)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Graham has secured full Gateway 2 building control approval for the University of Manchester\u2019s \u00a3530m Fallowfield Campus redevelopment. <\/span> Construction Enquirer<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Homes England and Vistry have exchanged contracts to progress a new community at Upton Lodge Farm in Northampton, with outline permission for up to 1,400 homes alongside green space, community facilities and infrastructure. The final phases of an Old Kent Road scheme could deliver 81 affordable homes within 1,060 homes, reducing the affordable proportion from 40% to around 12%. Somerset councillors have approved 765 homes, a care home, community centre and school at Keyford, Yeovil. Ealing Council is considering proposals that could help restart housing sites and deliver more than 300 genuinely affordable homes. Taylor Wimpey has warned of delays to a 290-home scheme in Tunstall over a multimillion-pound funding shortfall, while plans have also progressed for 212 apartments in Leeds, 134 social homes at a former college campus in south Wales and 100+ homes on green space in Barnsley. <\/span> Vistry Group Plc<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> Southwark News<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> BBC<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> Place Midlands<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> Around Ealing<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> Kent Online<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> Place Yorkshire<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> Nation.Cymru<\/span><\/a>, and<\/span> BBC<\/span><\/a>\n

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Daily News: 01\/10\/2026 Rochdale Borough Council is preparing to procure a development partner for the Rochdale Town Centre Heat Network and will hold a virtual Bidders Day on 15th October 2026 for prospective bidders. Partnerships Bulletin Notting Hill Genesis has appointed 15 contractors to its \u00a3500m Empty Homes (Voids) Refurbishment Works Framework covering Greater London, […]<\/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-13422","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13422","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=13422"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13422\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13430,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13422\/revisions\/13430"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13422"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}