Local Authority Building & Maintenance

NEAT Developments and Enfield Council are delivering 135 new homes at Upton and Raynham Roads in Edmonton with enabling works having started in March 2025. The new all affordable scheme will deliver much needed homes at council rents, with a majority being family sized. Pre-contract works have started and on 18th March, the Planning Committee unanimously voted to approve the revised scheme and even commented it was “an improvement” on the original. The main contractor is expected to start on site in the autumn, with completed homes for residents to move into in 2028. Read more: https://bit.ly/4kZ9E3K #newhomes

Work has started on a £5.3m scheme to bring previously developed land in County Durham back into use for much-needed affordable housing. Bishop Auckland-based construction firm T Manners & Sons Ltd is building 22 new homes at Bevan Square, in Murton, for not-for-profit housing association believe housing. Read more: https://bit.ly/4kV3LEC #homes #construction

INCA, the recognised trade association for the external wall insulation (EWI) industry in the UK, has launched a new video, aptly entitled An Introduction to EWI Systems. The video is intended to provide an easy-to-follow overview explaining what an external wall insulation system is, where it can be used and how it goes together and to showcase the many benefits it can deliver. Read more: https://bit.ly/4iA432d #wallinsulation #video

As part of the expanding partnership between Pennyfarthing Homes and VIVID, the final seven affordable homes at Whitsbury Green were officially handed over to the Housing Association last week. Pennyfarthing Homes Managing Director, Matt Dukes was delighted to celebrate the final handover of the last of the new homes comprising a mix of one- and two-bedroom properties. Read more: https://bit.ly/4iBPwmA

Lovell Partnerships has commenced construction of a new £15m development in collaboration with Hive Homes – the first partnership between the two organisations. Read more: https://bit.ly/4iWiNIA #housing #partnership

Karbon Homes and South Tyneside Council are set to welcome the first residents to 10 newly built supported housing bungalows in Hebburn. Developed to support residents with learning disabilities, autism and complex care needs to live more independently, the new homes will help address the lack of specialist supported housing options in the borough. Read more: https://bit.ly/3QXeeBE #housing #supportedhousing

Marking a key development milestone, work has begun to construct a brand-new secondary school for pupils with special educational needs (SEN) in Greenwich. Located on Hargood Road, Rowan Wood School will provide 128 places for children aged 11-19 with autism (ASD) and complex needs. It is set to complete later this year. Read more: https://bit.ly/3XGsylK #construction #SENschool

Hundreds of much-needed new homes for London have moved a step closer to completion, with the “topping out” of 240 homes on the former St Ann’s Hospital site in South Tottenham. Not-for-profit housing association Peabody and development partner The Hill Group marked the milestone on Friday 28 February, joined by Tom Copley, Deputy Mayor for Housing and Residential Development, and representatives from the London Borough of Haringey including its leader Councillor Peray Ahmet. Read more: https://bit.ly/41UnTPG #homes #toppingout

A key milestone has been reached in one of the UK’s first large-scale mine water heating projects, which is set to power 750 affordable homes in County Durham. Karbon Homes is confirmed as the first user of the new ultra-low carbon district heat network, which will heat the affordable homes it is building on the new Seaham Garden Village development. Read more: https://bit.ly/3FdOiPw #homes #lowcarbon

A development of fully affordable, low-energy homes came a step closer to completion last week following the “topping out” of 189 homes at Deptford Landings in southeast London. The homes, which are being built by Peabody, are expected to be ready for new residents by autumn 2026. They will not only help to tackle the urgent demand for affordable homes in London but will also be Peabody’s first large scale venture into providing homes that achieve Passivhaus certification. Read more: https://bit.ly/3Drc1LM