{"id":8880,"date":"2025-09-24T12:41:14","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T12:41:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/?p=8880"},"modified":"2025-09-24T12:41:14","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T12:41:14","slug":"wednesday-24-09-2025-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/daily-news\/wednesday-24-09-2025-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Wednesday: 24\/09\/2025 \/ News"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Daily News: 24\/09\/2025<\/h6>\n

The Regulator of Social Housing has published judgements for ten landlords. Southend-on-Sea City Council received C3. Bournemouth Churches, Habinteg, Paragon Asra, and Railway were graded G1, V2, and C2. Bournville Village Trust, Coastline Housing, and One Manchester got G1, V2, and C1. Karbon Homes was G1, V1, and C2, and B3 Living was G1, V1, and C1. <\/span>GOV.UK<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

L&Q reported a record \u00a3371m investment in 2024\/25 as part of its \u00a33bn, 15-year Major Works program, along with strong performance and continued delivery of new homes. Meanwhile, Housing 21 plans to complete around 100 more homes in 2025\/26 than last year, reflecting growing stability in the construction market and supporting its expansion ambitions. <\/span>L&Q Group<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Housing Today (register)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Clarion Housing Group is pressing ahead with an \u00a380m housing scheme in south London after overcoming fire safety objections at the planning stage and is now seeking a main contractor to deliver the project. <\/span>Construction Enquirer<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Residents of a 35-storey tower built by the collapsed Henry Construction must vacate for extensive repairs to address defects and ensure the building\u2019s safety and structural integrity. <\/span>Construction News (register)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Avove has entered a five-year partnership with Aqua Consultants to strengthen water-sector design and engineering services, while R Collard saw pre-tax profit fall despite a 5% rise in turnover, reaching \u00a342.6m in 2024. <\/span>Construction Enquirer<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Construction News (register)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Proposed reforms to construction retention could significantly improve SMEs\u2019 working capital, with legal experts suggesting the changes may also drive greater innovation across the sector. <\/span>The Construction Index<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Venture investment in the built environment surged in Q2 2025, with AI and machine learning start-ups making up nearly 70% of all deals, highlighting strong investor confidence in construction technology. <\/span>PBC Today<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The CPRE\u2019s State of Brownfield 2025 report estimates that England has enough brownfield land to deliver 1.48m homes. More than half of these sites (55%) already have planning permission, meaning over 800,000 homes could be built quickly. <\/span>CPRE<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Vistry, with Homes England, got approval for phase two of the 1,000-home Windmill View near Leamington Spa. Plans for 180 homes at Hilperton, near Trowbridge, were approved despite local opposition. Lambeth Council will submit proposals next month for a 3,000-home Vauxhall development with one of the UK\u2019s tallest towers. In Belfast, Clarendon Wharf could deliver 600 homes, while Gladman proposes 495 in Yarm. Chase New Homes seeks ministerial support over a 251-home Claremont Quarter dispute. A 155-home Leicestershire scheme is set for approval, and 122 homes at Edgware Community Hospital have been submitted. <\/span>TheBusinessDesk.com<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Gazette & Herald<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Housing Today (register)<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Belfast Live<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Place North West<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Construction Enquirer<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>BBC<\/span><\/a>, and <\/span>Barnet Post<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Daily News: 24\/09\/2025 The Regulator of Social Housing has published judgements for ten landlords. Southend-on-Sea City Council received C3. Bournemouth Churches, Habinteg, Paragon Asra, and Railway were graded G1, V2, and C2. Bournville Village Trust, Coastline Housing, and One Manchester got G1, V2, and C1. Karbon Homes was G1, V1, and C2, and B3 Living […]<\/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-8880","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8880","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=8880"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8880\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8883,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8880\/revisions\/8883"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8880"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8880"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8880"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}