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Powers of statutory consultees to be reduced under new planning reforms

Statutory consultees such as Sports England and the Garden Trust will ‘no longer be required to input’ on planning decisions, in new reforms.

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Cheshire East benefits from record number of new homes

Cheshire East Council has reported that a record number of new homes were built in the area last year to meet local demand

£123m Bristol concert arena plans abandoned

Bristol City Council has scrapped plans to build a £123m concert arena in Bristol, in favour of pursuing a mixed housing, hotel and conference centre scheme 

Europe’s first multi-storey coach park set for construction

Developer Quintain is set to build what is thought to be Europe’s first multi-storey coach park as part of the regeneration of Wembley

HBF urges Government to protect Help to Buy

The Home Builders Federation (HBF) have released a new report highlighting the benefits of the Help to Buy scheme, urging the Government to maintain it

Galliford Try awarded £29m Headingley campus contract

Galliford Try has won a £29.3m contract to start work on a new teaching and research centre at the Headingley campus at Leeds Beckett University

UK construction PMI highlights activity slump in August

The latest monthly construction PMI has revealed a renewed slowdown in output growth across the sector; however, there were signs of resilience in commercial building and residential work

Redrow to trial modular garages to reduce costs

One of the UK’s largest housebuilders, Redrow, is trialling more offsite manufacturing techniques with the integration of modular garages

Amey officially takes over Carillion MOD contracts

Infrastructure support service provider, Amey, has completed its acquisition of the Ministry of Defence (MOD) Regional Prime and National Housing Prime contracts

Innovative engineering solution to install two 1,000 bridges

The A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon upgrade team has successfully completed two 1,000 tonne bridges and will install them later this month using an innovative engineering solution

Clarion seeks contractors for £1.8bn maintenance and refurbishment work

One of the UK’s largest housing associations, Clarion Housing Group, has called up housing maintenance contractors to bid for contracts that could run for 20 years

Thames Water submits ambitious £11.7bn business plan

Water and wastewater company, Thames Water, is planning to spend £11.7bn on improving infrastructure, service and efficiency over the 2020-25 period

BRE seeks contractor for £10m Open Innovation Hub

The Building Research Establishment (BRE) is seeking a contractor to build a new advanced research centre at its campus in Garston, Watford

London’s £15bn Crossrail service to miss scheduled opening by months

London’s new Crossrail underground service will miss its deadline by almost a year, a spokesperson for the service has said

Unite calls for public inquiry into Carillion ‘Ponzi-like’ tactics

The UK’s largest union, Unite, has urged a public inquiry into the collapse of Carillion, following a recent dispatches investigation which aired on Channel 4

UCL awards Marshgate 1 East Campus to Mace

University College London (UCL) has appointed Mace under a pre-construction agreement for Marshgate 1, the largest building in the first phase of the new UCL East campus on Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park  

Sadiq Kahn announces strategic partners to deliver affordable housing scheme

Catalyst and A2Dominion have been announced as strategic partners among eight other housing associations to deliver 60% of new homes as affordable housing.

Innovative smart cement mixtures could store electrical energy

Buildings, bridges, street lamps and even curb-stones could store electricity with the discovery of new smart cement mixtures

Benefit freeze risks fuelling homelessness, warns CIH

The housing benefit freeze has put private renting out of reach for most low-income tenants and puts thousands at risk of poverty and homelessness, says the Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH)

Downing Construction lands two student accommodation contracts worth £140m

Downing Construction has been chosen to work on two student accommodation developments in London and Manchester worth a total of £140 million.

Over 6,000 housing refusals overturned on appeal

Over 6,000 new homes will now be built after councillors’ objections were overturned on appeal, new research has revealed

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