Category: News
Blackpool council steps in on failed developer’s £...
Blackpool Council has stepped in to salvage the seaside town’s ambitious £300m Blackpool Central scheme after developer Nikal file...
Government buys back over 36,000 military homes
The government has agreed a deal to bring over 36,000 homes in the Armed Forces estate back into public ownership.
Heathrow Airport upgrade spend takes off again
Heathrow has set out plans to spend £2.3bn over the next two years on further upgrades to the airport.
Stunning site wrap unveiled on Sloane Street
Specialist Embrace Building Wraps has unveiled its latest eye-catching site hoarding in central London.
National Grid to invest £35bn over next five years...
National Grid is planning to invest a record £35bn over the five years to 2031 on upgrading and extending the transmission network...
HS2 costs could hit £66bn
The cost of HS2 could rise to as much as £66bn according to latest estimates presented to the Department for Transport.
Demolition team assembles on Multiplex London Wall...
Erith will start main demolition works next month at 75 London Wall in the City of London.
UK 'doesn't have enough builders' for Labour's 1.5...
The UK does not have enough construction workers to build the 1.5 million homes the government has promised, The Association of Co...
Tower Hamlets shoots down Chinese embassy plan
Plans to redevelop Royal Mint Court complex opposite the Tower of London into a huge embassy for the People’s Republic of China ha...
Military housing "not fit for purpose", MPs find
MPs have slated the Defence Infrastructure Organisation and its housing maintenance contractors for the state of accommodation ava...
Council planning committees to get their wings cli...
The government is considering removing planning permission powers from local councillors in a bid to accelerate house-building.
AWE begins market engagement for Future Material C...
AWE, the Atomic Weapons Establishment, wants to talk to suppliers about billions of pounds worth of planned building works.
Dundee shopping arcade to become student flats
Plans have been made to convert a failing shopping centre in Scotland into student accommodation.
Construction inflation reckoned to have bottomed o...
Construction economists appear to believe that build cost inflation has reached its lowest point of recent years and is about to s...
Small builders disappointed by freeze on small sit...
Small builders have expressed disappointment that the government’s redrafting of the national planning policy framework benefits b...
Plans go in to start revamp of North Finchley town...
Developer Regal has submitted a planning application to the London Borough of Barnet for the redevelopment of the Lodge Lane Car P...
Construction inflation set to return raising tende...
Cost consultant Turner & Townsend is warning clients to plan for the return of rising construction inflation.
Go-ahead for 800-home Croydon dual towers
Greystar has secured planning to build two towers providing over 800 build to rent homes in Croydon, South London.
Go-ahead to revamp former London city hall
Plans to transform and re-purpose London’s former City Hall building into shops, restaurants and offices have been given the go-ah...
Boot reports ‘noticeable improvement’ in planning ...
Developer/contractor Henty Boot today reported a marked improvement in local planning since the new Government set out reforms to...
