{"id":13872,"date":"2026-10-29T10:03:48","date_gmt":"2026-10-29T10:03:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/?p=13872"},"modified":"2026-10-29T10:03:48","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T10:03:48","slug":"thursday-29-10-2026-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/daily-news\/thursday-29-10-2026-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Thursday: 29\/10\/2026 \/ News"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Daily News: 29\/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

The 2026 budget provides an additional \u00a31.5bn for social and affordable housing, taking total capital investment above \u00a340bn over 10 years. Smaller brownfield housing developments will be exempt from biodiversity net gain requirements, reducing costs and simplifying construction. <\/span> GOV.UK<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

East Riding of Yorkshire Council will upgrade over 300 council homes across Goole and Old Goole during 2026\u201327 with solar panels, LED lighting and improved loft insulation, aiming to reduce energy costs and carbon emissions by March 2027. <\/span> East Riding of Yorkshire Council<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The RSH published judgements for 15 landlords, downgrading Haringey Council to C4 over repairs, safety and complaints failings, including nearly 4,000 overdue fire safety actions. Tamworth and Woking received C3, Karbon Homes and South Holland and Tuntum achieved C1, while Home Group received C2 and G2. <\/span> GOV.UK<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Clarion reported higher turnover and operating surplus for the six months to September 2026, supported by property disposals. S&P Global Ratings affirmed Delta Housing Ltd.\u2019s A- credit rating with a stable outlook. Bury Council is expected to approve transferring Six Town Housing\u2019s stock into its portfolio, progressing the subsidiary\u2019s closure. BCP Council plans to take back Seascape housing leases amid grant funding concerns. Glasgow City Council is seeking \u00a3177m in contracts to lease up to 1,000 homes from private landlords to expand accommodation and tackle homelessness. <\/span> Housing Today (register)<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> S&P Global<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> Place North West<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> Bournemouth Echo<\/span><\/a>, and<\/span> Glasgow World<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Laing O\u2019Rourke raised concerns in 2008 about the fire-safety compliance of Kingspan insulation specified for a Bury development later remediated, according to court documents in a \u00a31.1m dispute. <\/span> Construction News (register)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The September 2026 building safety update identified 4,732 buildings over 11 metres with unsafe cladding, with an estimated 1,100-2,600 buildings awaiting eligibility confirmation within remediation programmes. The July 2026 Developer Remediation Contract Data Release provides performance data on developers\u2019 remediation contracts. Savills reported UK greenfield land values fell 2% in Q3 2026, down 5.1% year-on-year and 13.3% below their 2022 peak. Urban land values declined 1.7% during the quarter and 6.8% annually. <\/span> GOV.UK<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> GOV.UK<\/span><\/a>, and<\/span> Savills<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Gateshead Regeneration Partnership has secured planning consent for 361 homes across three brownfield sites. Glenbrook plans a 24-storey development with 246 flats and ground-floor commercial space on council-owned land in Leeds\u2019 South Bank. Updates have emerged on proposals for 184 homes at Stanah, Thornton, while Lewes District Council is due to reconsider up to 180 homes at Turnpike Farm. Plans have been submitted for up to 150 homes in Aylesbury, including open space and infrastructure. David Wilson Homes has secured approval for 120 homes between Hatfield and Welham Green, targeting 20% biodiversity net gain. <\/span> Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> Construction Enquirer<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> Blackpool Gazette<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> The Argus<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> The Bucks Herald<\/span><\/a>, and<\/span> The Construction Index<\/span><\/a>\n

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Daily News: 29\/10\/2026 The 2026 budget provides an additional \u00a31.5bn for social and affordable housing, taking total capital investment above \u00a340bn over 10 years. Smaller brownfield housing developments will be exempt from biodiversity net gain requirements, reducing costs and simplifying construction. GOV.UK East Riding of Yorkshire Council will upgrade over 300 council homes across Goole […]<\/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-13872","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13872","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=13872"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13872\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13874,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13872\/revisions\/13874"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13872"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13872"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13872"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}