{"id":9382,"date":"2025-11-17T12:41:04","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T12:41:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/?p=9382"},"modified":"2025-11-17T12:41:04","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T12:41:04","slug":"monday-17-11-2025-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/daily-news\/monday-17-11-2025-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday: 17\/11\/2025 \/ News"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"blue-color\">\n<h6>Daily News: 17\/11\/2025<\/h6>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A new parliamentary report warns that rising housing demand has left over 700,000 homes overcrowded, 1.3m households on social housing lists, and 160,000 children in temporary accommodation. It challenges the lazy narrative that environmental protections block housing, emphasising that a healthy environment supports resilient communities. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/committees.parliament.uk\/publications\/50235\/documents\/271280\/default\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Parliament.UK<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Action on Empty Homes, analysing government data, has found that more than 300,000 homes in England are officially long-term empty, highlighting a worsening housing market described as being in \u201ccrisis&#8221;. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/housing-market-crisis-according-government-data\/157073\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PBC Today<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The leader of Arun District Council has issued a \u201csincere and unreserved\u201d apology to tenants following the council\u2019s poor housing service score, acknowledging serious failings and committing to improvement. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sussexexpress.co.uk\/news\/politics\/council\/arun-leader-apologises-to-tenants-for-housing-service-serious-failings-5403435\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sussex World<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Scottish Procurement Alliance (SPA) has increased the value of its four-year Refurbishment and Modernisation Framework by 50% due to higher-than-expected demand. Initially valued at \u00a3100m, the framework will now be worth \u00a3150m. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.constructionnews.co.uk\/contracts\/higher-demand-pushes-scottish-procurement-alliance-framework-value-up-by-50-14-11-2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Construction News (register)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dubai-based developer Arada has acquired an 80% stake in the \u00a32.5bn Thameside West regeneration in London\u2019s Royal Docks, gaining control of one of the capital\u2019s largest development projects with 5,000 homes. Meanwhile, Keon Homes will deliver 95 new affordable homes at the former Tower Ballroom site overlooking Edgbaston Reservoir in Birmingham. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.constructionenquirer.com\/2025\/11\/17\/dubai-developer-acquires-2-5bn-royal-docks-site\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Construction Enquirer<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebusinessdesk.com\/westmidlands\/news\/2105166-developer-appointed-for-affordable-housing-scheme-in-birmingham\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TheBusinessDesk.com<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Into Plumbing and Heating Ltd has partnered with the National Housing Association to provide high-quality plumbing and heating maintenance services across its housing stock. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/pressat.co.uk\/releases\/essex-plumbing-and-heating-company-works-alongside-housing-association-6271879b0e958b9860b920fd7d403126\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pressat<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The report Growth from the Ground Up: The Builders\u2019 Manifesto for Scotland 2026 highlights Scotland\u2019s construction sector, with 47,000 businesses contributing \u00a310bn to GVA and a need for 3,590 new workers annually. Meanwhile, the consumer protection minister has rejected a national builders\u2019 licensing scheme despite concerns over rogue builders. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/pdf\/Manifesto-Scottish-Parliament-2026-electionsa54pgFINAL.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Federation of Master Builders<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theconstructionindex.co.uk\/news\/view\/consumer-protection-minister-pours-cold-water-on-builders-licence-proposal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Construction Index<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A \u00a3164m West Lancashire regeneration has been approved, delivering 680 homes, businesses, and a solar farm. Planning permission granted for 125 homes at Eastwood\u2019s former Raleigh site. Consent secured for a reworked 31-storey PBSA tower on Stratford High Street. A 350-home scheme near Hereford is moving toward approval. New mixed-use plans at 200 Renfield Street, Glasgow, feature 381 student homes, 167 co-living units, and a public Arts Square. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/cly14zzye5mo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BBC<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/westbridgfordwire.com\/plans-approved-for-41m-housing-development-on-raleigh-site\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">West Bridgford Wire<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.housingtoday.co.uk\/news\/dominus-gains-approval-for-reworked-31-storey-student-housing-tower-in-east-london\/5139323.article\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Housing Today (register)<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/cr5e9n6epyzo.amp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BBC<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottishhousingnews.com\/articles\/plans-lodged-for-mixed-use-residential-towers-on-glasgows-northern-edge\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Scottish Housing News<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Daily News: 17\/11\/2025 A new parliamentary report warns that rising housing demand has left over 700,000 homes overcrowded, 1.3m households on social housing lists, and 160,000 children in temporary accommodation. It challenges the lazy narrative that environmental protections block housing, emphasising that a healthy environment supports resilient communities. Parliament.UK Action on Empty Homes, analysing government [&hellip;]<\/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-9382","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9382","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=9382"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9382\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9388,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9382\/revisions\/9388"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}