Bellway Strategic Land has submitted outline plans for up to 170 new homes on a 23-acre site in Brayton, near Selby, North Yorkshire. The proposed development would be built on land south of Mill Lane and north of the A63, with 10% of the homes earmarked as affordable housing. The outline application has been submitted [...]
Strata has acquired land from Homes England to deliver a £72 million housing development in Wingerworth, Chesterfield, marking the housebuilder's first independently secured Homes England scheme. The development forms part of the regeneration of the former Coking Works site, one of the UK's largest brownfield redevelopment projects, with Strata selected following a competitive tender [...]
Bellway is to invest more than £3.2 million in local infrastructure as part of its 100-home Celtic Gardens development in Creech St Michael, Somerset, with funding allocated to education, transport and community facilities. The housebuilder is delivering 100 homes on a 14-acre site off North End, including 25 affordable homes, alongside more than six acres [...]
UK housebuilders are increasingly focusing on larger homes to maintain sales performance in a tightening housing market, according to the latest analysis from Hometrack. The report suggests that many housebuilders are targeting a “product vacuum” for 4-bedroom homes in an effort to protect margins, but warns this approach risks reducing delivery of more affordable, mainstream [...]
Housebuilder Cameron Homes has selected Birmingham Hospice to operate a new community café within its Rookery Park development in Erdington, as part of a wider heritage-led regeneration scheme. The café will occupy a 125m² ground floor space within the restored Rookery House, with an initial three-year lease provided to the hospice charity. The unit includes [...]
A new national campaign, 'Built to Inspire', has been launched by the Department for Education’s Teach in Further Education (FE) and Skills for Life campaigns, aiming to raise awareness of construction careers and address ongoing skills shortages in the sector. The initiative includes the installation of large-scale murals in London and Manchester, celebrating some of [...]
The UK new build sector enters 2026 following a year shaped by high borrowing costs, tightening regulation and ongoing delays within the planning system. According to Eurocell, these pressures combined to create tougher-than-expected market conditions and held back the recovery many housebuilders had hoped to see in late 2025. Market Conditions: Demand Weakened by Affordability [...]
A leading property specialist is calling on ministers to overhaul England’s housing delivery strategy, arguing that the Government’s focus on building 300,000 new homes a year overlooks a major – and greener – opportunity hidden in plain sight. Simon Taylor, founder of Empty Property Hunters (EPH), says more than 260,000 long-term empty homes across England [...]
Mark Leaf, Chief Growth Officer at Strata discusses housebuilding in 2026. After a turbulent 2025, our industry enters 2026 with a renewed sense of purpose. Last year pushed every part of the market, from developers and local authorities, to planning teams and registered providers, to rethink the way we work. While many of the challenges [...]
National housing specialist Lovell has made four senior internal promotions as the business continues to expand its footprint across England and Wales. The appointments reflect the company’s long standing approach of developing talent internally and creating structured progression routes for staff working within the housing and regeneration sector. Expanded operations across new regions and business [...]
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