Daily News: 14/05/2026
Wandle Housing Association has appointed Travis Perkins Managed Services as its supplier to ensure a reliable flow of building materials. The Construction Index
The King’s Speech outlined plans for social housing investment, leasehold reform and cladding remediation, including manufacturer contributions to unsafe cladding fixes and new measures enforcing 60-day payment terms for construction. Housing Today (register)
The RSH rated the London Borough of Islington C3 for serious failings, while the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham and Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council achieved C1. Housing 21 and Golden Lane Housing also scored top ratings, with Salford City Council and Milton Keynes City Council at C2 and GreenSquareAccord under review. GOV.UK
Union Technical has been appointed to retrofit more than 30 homes in Edinburgh for Viewpoint Housing Association, delivering energy efficiency improvements. Meanwhile, Home Group Scotland has begun a retrofit project across four blocks of flats in Kelloholm, supporting ongoing upgrades to existing housing stock. Scottish Housing News, Scottish Housing News
Watford Community Housing and Thrive Homes will rebrand as Chime Housing following their merger, set to complete on 1 June 2026. Meanwhile, BPHA has completed the transfer of more than 900 homes in Luton from Clarion Housing Association, part of a wider 1,200-home transfer programme. Separately, exempt housing provider Ash Shahada has exited Birmingham, affecting around 3,000 tenants and raising concerns over management of supported housing provision in the city. Watford Community Housing Trust, BPHA, and Birmingham Live
A £23.5m housing development of 104 homes is set to begin this summer after securing planning permission, supporting new housing delivery in Barnsley. Meanwhile, Miller Homes has finalised a land deal with Manchester City Council, enabling work to begin on the 106-home Byron View scheme. We are Barnsley, Place North West
Mace has been appointed to deliver a low-carbon retrofit of 60 Queen Victoria Street in the City of London, supporting decarbonisation of commercial buildings. Construction News (register)
Concerns have been raised after a planning application for more than 500 homes on green belt land was submitted, with campaigners warning of potential impacts on protected areas. Meanwhile, plans for 350 homes in Whitchurch have progressed after planners ruled the scheme does not require a full environmental impact assessment, simplifying the approval process. Separately, Capital & Centric has submitted final plans for a £100m regeneration of Buxton’s Springs site, delivering a 332-home rental-led neighbourhood in partnership with High Peak Borough Council. In Essex, a 240-home scheme near the M11 has been approved on appeal despite earlier refusal and concerns over noise from nearby transport infrastructure. Finally, plans for nearly 120 homes on a former JCB factory site in Uttoxeter have been approved, enabling a £39m redevelopment of the town centre brownfield location. BBC, Whitchurch Herald, Construction Enquirer, Essex Live, and Place Midlands