{"id":8673,"date":"2025-08-27T12:21:36","date_gmt":"2025-08-27T12:21:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/?p=8673"},"modified":"2025-08-27T12:21:36","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T12:21:36","slug":"wednesday-27-08-2025-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/daily-news\/wednesday-27-08-2025-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Wednesday: 27\/08\/2025 \/ News"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Daily News: 27\/08\/2025<\/h6>\n

The Regulator of Social Housing published judgements for seven landlords. Arun District Council scored C4 for serious consumer failings. London & Quadrant and Saxon Weald were downgraded to G2 for governance. Others include Citizen Housing (C1\/G1\/V2), Hexagon (C2\/G2\/V2), Kensington & Chelsea (C3), and Stonewater (C2\/G1\/V2). <\/span>GOV.UK<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Anchor has reported an increase in turnover and surplus in its first annual report since being found non-compliant with consumer and governance standards. <\/span>Housing Today (register)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

SNG has agreed a \u00a3100m loan with Lloyds to fund the sustainable retrofit of thousands of social homes across London, the South East, the South West, and the East of England. <\/span>Sovereign Network Group<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Retirement community developer Churchill Living has scrapped exit fees as part of measures to speed up resales. Dumfries and Galloway Council has approved a new 5-year housing strategy and advanced Local Development Plan 3, aiming to deliver high-quality affordable homes and sustainable development across the region. <\/span>Housing Today (register)<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Dumfries & Galloway Council<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

An NHS trust and housing association have partnered to convert vacant Black Country hospitals into affordable homes. Walsall Housing Group (WHG) and Black Country Healthcare NHS Trust will unlock surplus NHS land. <\/span>Housing Today (register)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Lands Improvement, a strategic land development company, has acquired the freehold to a 551-acre site at Dunton Hills in Essex, alongside an option agreement for a further 6.47 acres. Housebuilder Avant Homes South Wales and housing association Valleys to Coast have exchanged contracts on a \u00a342m deal to deliver 194 affordable homes in Maesteg. <\/span>The Construction Index<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Business News Wales<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Following corporate restructuring, RG Carter Holdings reported a 4.6% fall in pre-tax profit to \u00a312.2m for the year ended 31 December 2024, with turnover largely unchanged at \u00a3248.7m. Meanwhile, UK construction activity in July 2025 showed a 24% year-on-year rise in project starts, but main contract awards fell 38%, and detailed planning approvals dropped 47% compared with 2024. <\/span>Construction News (register)<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Construction News (register)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Plans approved for 195 homes in Boroughbridge despite local concerns. Over 100 apartments are set for Preston\u2019s university quarter with developer funding for affordable housing elsewhere. Maesteg\u2019s Ewenny Road regeneration will deliver 200 homes plus shops and community facilities. Plans drawn for 200 homes in Burnham-on-Crouch. Cityheart proposes 130 homes on green belt land north of Hampton in Arden. <\/span>Yorkshire Post<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Lancashire Post<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Bridgend County Borough Council<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Essex Live<\/span><\/a>, and <\/span>Birmingham Live<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Daily News: 27\/08\/2025 The Regulator of Social Housing published judgements for seven landlords. Arun District Council scored C4 for serious consumer failings. London & Quadrant and Saxon Weald were downgraded to G2 for governance. Others include Citizen Housing (C1\/G1\/V2), Hexagon (C2\/G2\/V2), Kensington & Chelsea (C3), and Stonewater (C2\/G1\/V2). GOV.UK Anchor has reported an increase in […]<\/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-8673","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8673","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=8673"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8673\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8675,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8673\/revisions\/8675"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8673"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8673"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8673"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}