Daily News: 17/06/2026
Gentoo has launched a £47.7m investment programme to improve more than 2,800 homes across Sunderland, delivering upgrades including new kitchens and bathrooms, electrical rewires, roof replacements, external improvements and communal door installations. Gentoo Group Ltd.
Southwark Council is seeking a development partner for a major key worker housing scheme across two sites in Rotherhithe, with the project expected to deliver new homes and carry an estimated development value of between £120m and £160m. South London News
PlacePoint, the £150m joint venture between the government’s National Housing Bank and Vistry Group, has acquired part of the Gamston Sustainable Urban Extension in Nottingham, bringing forward its first development site to support the delivery of new mixed-tenure homes. Vistry Group Plc
The Scottish Procurement Alliance has marked ten years of operation, reporting £2.7bn of procured project value since launch and highlighting its contribution to housing, construction and public sector investment across Scotland. Scottish Housing News
Camden Council has appointed Higgins Partnerships to deliver the first phase of the £500m West Kentish Town Estate regeneration, advancing plans to provide new homes, upgraded community facilities and wider neighbourhood improvements. Bellway and Orbit Homes have partnered to deliver 62 affordable homes in Keresley, Coventry, increasing local housing supply and supporting access to affordable housing for residents across the area. Construction Enquirer, Housing Executive
L&Q has completed the £1.045bn sale of its Private Rented Sector business to Morgan Stanley Real Estate Investing and Ridgeback Group, enabling the housing association to strengthen its focus on core social housing activities. L&Q Group
The government has unveiled two AI-powered planning tools designed to accelerate planning decisions, modernise England’s planning system and support its target of delivering 1.5 million new homes. GOV.UK
A 520-home scheme near Paddock Wood in Kent has entered the planning process, while Camden Council has approved the £1bn Camden Film Quarter, a mixed-use development delivering 485 homes alongside film and creative industry facilities. Elsewhere, Vistry has secured approval for more than 350 homes at Finchwood Park in Wokingham, plans for 300 homes on Essex farmland are due to be considered by councillors, Stonebond has proposed the final 50-home phase of its Little Hulton masterplan, and Miller Homes has submitted plans for 130 homes in Stockport, highlighting continued activity across the UK housing pipeline. Kent Live, Housing Today (register), Vistry Group Plc, Essex Live, Place North West, and Place North West