{"id":8391,"date":"2025-07-23T12:24:29","date_gmt":"2025-07-23T12:24:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/?p=8391"},"modified":"2025-07-23T12:24:29","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T12:24:29","slug":"wednesday-23-07-2025-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/daily-news\/wednesday-23-07-2025-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Wednesday: 23\/07\/2025 \/ News"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Daily News: 23\/07\/2025<\/h6>\n

VIVID, a leading affordable housing provider, will deliver over 400 sustainable homes across Southern England after a \u00a3125m investment from Royal Bank of Scotland, part of the NatWest Group. Simultaneously, Southend-on-Sea City Council approved a bold \u00a3100m five-year plan to address rising housing pressures. <\/span>NatWest Group<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Southend-on-Sea City Council<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The Welsh government will develop a long-term housing strategy after a \u201cgenerally positive\u201d response to its initial proposals last autumn. Meanwhile, Nottingham\u2019s housing crisis deepens, with 11,000 on the council waiting list, blamed on Thatcher\u2019s Right to Buy legacy. Separately, Guildford Borough Council overspent \u00a31.6m on fire safety after underestimating fire door replacements due to incomplete data. <\/span>Housing Today (register)<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>West Bridgford Wire<\/span><\/a>, and <\/span>BBC<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Northern Ireland is set for a major social housing boost, with plans to build 8,164 new social homes across various council areas over the next three years, according to the Department for Communities. <\/span>Belfast Live<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Birmingham City Council secured \u00a3172.8m in grant funding for the Smithfield regeneration, delivering 3,000+ homes, a park, and leisure facilities. At the same time, Avant Homes announced its first 100% affordable housing project, an \u00a318m, 90-home scheme in Leicestershire sold to Sage Homes. <\/span>Birmingham City Council<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Housing Executive<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

MEP provider G&H launched a building performance service and gained its first client. Essex contractor Thomas Sinden Ltd saw a 72% turnover rise for the year to March 2025, targeting \u00a3100m revenue. Meanwhile, a tribunal set a date for appeals by three former Carillion directors over nearly \u00a31m in fines. Unsecured creditors owed \u00a333m by collapsed contractor J Tomlinson will receive dividends after HMRC claimed less than expected. <\/span>Yorkshire Post<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>The Construction Index<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Construction News (register)<\/span><\/a>, and <\/span>Construction News (register)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

RIBA urges quality be central to the 1.5m homes commitment, warning pace must not sacrifice standards. Concurrently, Savills reports a 30% drop in planning consents for residential land in England in the year to Q1 2025 versus the 2021 peak. <\/span>Housing Today (register)<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Savills<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Massive 1,000 Newton Abbot homes plan approved. Barratt aims for a third try at 300 homes in Burton Woods, Spennymoor, after two refusals. Proposals unveiled for up to 150 homes near a new Somerset railway station. CERT plans 124 apartments and townhouses in a six-storey scheme on the former Vauxhall site, Eccles. <\/span>Devon Live<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Place North West<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Somerset Live<\/span><\/a>, and <\/span>Place North West<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Daily News: 23\/07\/2025 VIVID, a leading affordable housing provider, will deliver over 400 sustainable homes across Southern England after a \u00a3125m investment from Royal Bank of Scotland, part of the NatWest Group. Simultaneously, Southend-on-Sea City Council approved a bold \u00a3100m five-year plan to address rising housing pressures. NatWest Group, Southend-on-Sea City Council The Welsh government […]<\/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-8391","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8391","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=8391"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8391\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8397,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8391\/revisions\/8397"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8391"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8391"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}