Housing

Dandara has secured reserved matters planning approval to deliver 252 new homes on a former industrial site in Fishponds, Bristol, marking a major milestone in the city’s ongoing regeneration programme. The development forms part of Bristol City Council’s Atlas Place Masterplan and will transform the former Graphic Packaging International site into a new residential neighbourhood comprising a mix of one, two, three and four-bedroom homes. The scheme will feature extensive pub

New Forest District Council has launched a new multi-contractor framework agreement covering responsive repairs, maintenance and refurbishment works across its residential housing portfolio and wider property estate. The framework has an estimated value of £7.16m and will support housing maintenance operations alongside other council services including estates, public facilities and housing teams. The agreement will run from September 2026 with the potential to extend through

Staffordshire County Council has launched a new £9m Framework Agreement for Responsive Property Maintenance and Minor Works, creating opportunities for building, M&E and specialist maintenance contractors across the county. The framework will support reactive maintenance and minor works packages valued below £5,000 across a diverse portfolio of local authority properties, including schools, care homes, offices, fire stations, civic buildings, enterprise centres and industrial

IM Land and Walton Homes have submitted an outline planning application for a major new residential development in Walsall that could deliver up to 850 new homes alongside education and community infrastructure. The proposed 42-hectare scheme at Queslett Road will create a new mixed-tenure neighbourhood featuring new homes, land for a primary school and nursery, extensive green infrastructure, active travel connections and community spaces. The development is being promoted j

Preferred Homes has completed the acquisition of a development parcel at Kingsmere, Bicester, following a land sale from Countryside Properties (Bicester) Ltd, part of Vistry Group. The transaction will enable the delivery of an 82-apartment affordable extra care facility as part of the wider Kingsmere development in South West Bicester. The scheme forms part of a hybrid planning permission secured earlier this year and represents one of the final development parcels within t

Westminster City Council has launched a major procurement programme covering responsive repairs, voids and planned major works across its 21,000-home housing portfolio. The programme has an estimated total value of £746 million and forms part of the Council's wider strategy to re-procure a series of long-term housing maintenance and capital works contracts currently delivered through existing Term Partnering Contracts. The procurement is being delivered under the Procurement

Nottingham City Council has released a tender for the design and construction of a new residential development at the former Laura Chambers Lodge Care Home site in Clifton, Nottingham. The £8.4 million Design & Build opportunity will deliver approximately 52 new homes, comprising a mix of houses and apartments designed to address local housing needs. The scheme is being procured through an open procedure and is expected to commence construction in August 2026. Project Overvie

Places for London and Barratt London have secured approval from the Mayor of London for plans to deliver approximately 280 new homes next to High Barnet Station in North London. The development forms part of wider efforts to unlock housing delivery around transport-connected sites across the capital, with the scheme aimed at increasing access to sustainable, high-quality housing within the borough. The partners confirmed they will now move forward into the next phase of the p

Hampshire-headquartered housebuilder Bargate has secured an Option Agreement for 16ha (39.6-acres) of land within the Dorset village of Burton, near Christchurch. The site will be promoted through the planning system for an exemplary, sustainabledevelopment of up to 100 homes. Located north of Salisbury Road, the expansive land parcel presents an opportunity to deliver a landscape-led, sustainable addition to Burton, which currently has a population of around 4,000. The hig