{"id":13597,"date":"2026-10-16T08:51:12","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T08:51:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/?p=13597"},"modified":"2026-10-16T08:53:14","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T08:53:14","slug":"friday-16-10-2026-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/daily-news\/friday-16-10-2026-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday: 16\/10\/2026 \/ News"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Daily News: 16\/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

Five Welsh councils have opened bidding for a replacement South West Wales civil engineering framework worth up to \u00a3800m, covering repairs, major infrastructure and specialist works. The three-year framework starts in February 2027. <\/span> Construction Enquirer<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Gentoo Group has secured permission to upgrade two Sunderland tower blocks, including replacement windows and panels, roof improvements, external decoration and render repairs, pending tender and safety regulator approvals. <\/span> The Northern Echo<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

AJS Limited has secured a \u00a33.5m, three-year hard facilities management contract with Lewisham Council, covering fire safety, security, statutory testing, reactive repairs and emergency response across around 70 sites in Lewisham and Southwark. <\/span> Facilitate Magazine<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The Regulator of Social Housing has taken enforcement action against Concept Housing Association and launched an investigation into Hexagon Housing Association. <\/span> GOV.UK<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Vico Homes added over 1,400 homes last year through increased completions and Sage acquisitions. Abri reported strong first-half 2026\/27 performance, progressing towards its growth ambitions. Notting Hill Genesis turnover rose to \u00a3756.9m in 2025\/26 from \u00a3717.9m, driven by rent increases and shared ownership sales. Manchester City Council is investing in affordable housing to deliver at least 10,000 social and affordable homes by 2032. Clarion Housing Group published its 2025\/26 environmental, social and governance report. <\/span> Housing Today (register)<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> Abri<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> Notting Hill Genesis<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> Manchester City Council<\/span><\/a>, and<\/span> Housing Executive<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Southampton City Council has marketed the former Fairfield Lodge site at 315 Coxford Road, inviting developers to submit proposals for housing redevelopment. The 0.38-hectare surplus site is being sold through its Asset Development and Disposal Programme. <\/span> Southampton City Council<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Oxford City Council has faced criticism over delays in addressing emergency damp and mould hazards in social housing, with new data highlighting slow response times. <\/span> Oxford Mail<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

CLC has secured a three-year Southampton Council contract for school repairs, maintenance, refurbishment, energy efficiency and building safety. Construction has started on two affordable housing developments in North Yorkshire, partly funded by a second-home council tax premium. <\/span> CLC Group<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> BBC<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Willmott Dixon is targeting \u00a31.5bn in construction turnover by 2030, aiming to convert pre-construction agreements into confirmed orders to support growth. Travis Perkins has reported falling sales as economic uncertainty, high interest rates and cost inflation continue to weigh on new construction development. <\/span> Construction Enquirer<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> LBC<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The UK government is increasingly unlikely to meet its target of delivering 1.5m new homes in England by July 2029, according to the UK Housing Review Autumn Briefing Paper 2026. <\/span> Chartered Institute of Housing<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

More than 800 homes have been approved across developments in Crossways and Chickerell, Dorset. Plans for 450 homes on former playing fields in Bamford, Rochdale, are progressing, with a decision on an initial phase expected next week. Proposals for up to 280 homes on Green Belt land in Surrey, including a new cricket pitch, have entered the formal planning process. Homes England has also announced plans for 220 additional homes in a South Ribble village near the Pickerings Farm and Church Lane sites. <\/span> Dorset Echo<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> Manchester Evening News<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> Surrey Live<\/span><\/a>, and<\/span> Lancashire Post<\/span><\/a>\n

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Daily News: 16\/10\/2026 Five Welsh councils have opened bidding for a replacement South West Wales civil engineering framework worth up to \u00a3800m, covering repairs, major infrastructure and specialist works. The three-year framework starts in February 2027. Construction Enquirer Gentoo Group has secured permission to upgrade two Sunderland tower blocks, including replacement windows and panels, roof […]<\/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-13597","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13597","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=13597"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13597\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13605,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13597\/revisions\/13605"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}