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Adapting for a Better Future in Tamworth Plans to revamp Middle Entry in Tamworth town centre have been adjusted to reduce disruption. Instead, Tamworth Borough Council will redirect its £1.4 million contribution from the Future High Street Fund to focus on regenerating the Gungate area. This shift highlights the council’s commitment to making impactful changes while ensuring minimal disruption for businesses and residents. Read more about how this decision will shape Tamworth’s future: https://lnkd.in/gGun4JCw What are your thoughts on the project? Comment below... #UrbanRegeneration #FutureHighStreets #Tamworth #LocalEconomy #CommunityDevelopment

The first project in the massive mixed-use Bayfront development on the Hackensack River in Jersey City is the latest to receive #incentives from NJEDA's Aspire program. Commenting on the more than 200 unit project, New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) CEO Tim Sullivan said “Bayfront Promenade will help revitalize the West Side of #JerseyCity and provide residents with #affordablehousing options and access to critical services." #njcre https://lnkd.in/ex6ZQVHP

Salford City Council has green-lit a proposal for a new community - English Cities Fund will deliver 90 affordable homes built to Passivhaus standards on brownfield land #passivhaus #passivehouse

Delivering...step by step, brick by brick

The JR Group 📣 “We are delighted to announce that work is due to commence on a development of much-need affordable homes in Peebles, on behalf of Eildon Housing Association. Tweedbridge Court, which has been renamed locally as Caledonian Court to reflect the area’s rich railway history, is a new sustainable and energy efficient initiative which will include 22 newly built apartments featuring a mix of 14 three-bedroom lower colony homes and eight two-bedroom upper colony homes. We will be delivering the project, which has been designed to fit in seamlessly to the surrounding community, to replace the long derelict site which was also previously used for housing. Our Managing Director, Gary McGregor, said: “It is great to be starting work on this modern, energy efficient development following the confirmation of vital funding to enable works to move forward. “Caledonian Court sits on a prime location within Peebles, where the affordable housing provision needs to be increased, so we are proud to play our part in bringing these plans to fruition and breathing new life into this area of the town. “This is our first project with Eildon Housing Association, so we look forward to building a strong working relationship with them and progressing with the development over the coming months.” Neil Wilson-Prior, Eildon’s Director of Property Assets said ‘We are keen to get started with this project and help to address the housing emergency that has been declared in the Borders and across Scotland. “This development is a fantastic opportunity to also bring many benefits to Peebles including our support of local initiatives, and we’re already working with Cycling without Age whose volunteers offer a fantastic service in the town. Caledonian Court will provide storage for the Peebles Trishaw, to enable local elderly people to get out and about in the community. We are delighted we can help out with this fabulous project.” We will be working with engineers Harley Haddow and architects CSY Architects to deliver the project.” #thejrgroup #affordablehomes #peeblesproject #eildonha Read more here https://bit.ly/4j9xdpo

𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗦𝘁 𝗛𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗻𝘀: 𝟮𝟵𝟱 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗛𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘀 Watkin Jones Group is proud to partner with Torus to deliver 295 new homes as part of a regeneration scheme in St Helens, Merseyside. 140 properties will be delivered, including shared ownership, social rent, and rent-to-buy options including 2, 3, and 4-bedroom homes, mews properties, and apartments. This project revitalises a brownfield site and addresses the critical need for affordable housing, delivering high-quality, sustainable homes for the community. Delivering sustainable designed homes with fossil-fuel-free heating, the development will be a short walk to St Helens town centre and excellent transport links. Click here to read the full press release and hear from George Dyer, Group Investment Director - https://lnkd.in/eGCc5uVX cc: Alex Pease #WatkinJonesGroup #Torus #Housing #Regeneration #Sustainability #Partnerships #StHelens #UKPropertyDeveloper #UKRealEstate

Watkin Jones Group is proud to partner with Torus to deliver 295 new homes as part of a regeneration scheme in St Helens, Merseyside. 140 properties will be delivered, including shared ownership, social rent, and rent-to-buy options including 2, 3, and 4-bedroom homes, mews properties, and apartments. This project revitalises a brownfield site and addresses the critical need for affordable housing, delivering high-quality, sustainable homes for the community. Delivering sustainable designed homes with fossil-fuel-free heating, the development will be a short walk to St Helens town centre and excellent transport links.

We are delighted to announce that work is due to commence on a development of much-need affordable homes in Peebles, on behalf of Eildon Housing Association. Tweedbridge Court, which has been renamed locally as Caledonian Court to reflect the area’s rich railway history, is a new sustainable and energy efficient initiative which will include 22 newly built apartments featuring a mix of 14 three-bedroom lower colony homes and eight two-bedroom upper colony homes. We will be delivering the project, which has been designed to fit in seamlessly to the surrounding community, to replace the long derelict site which was also previously used for housing. Our Managing Director, Gary McGregor, said: “It is great to be starting work on this modern, energy efficient development following the confirmation of vital funding to enable works to move forward. “Caledonian Court sits on a prime location within Peebles, where the affordable housing provision needs to be increased, so we are proud to play our part in bringing these plans to fruition and breathing new life into this area of the town. “This is our first project with Eildon Housing Association, so we look forward to building a strong working relationship with them and progressing with the development over the coming months.” Neil Wilson-Prior, Eildon’s Director of Property Assets said ‘We are keen to get started with this project and help to address the housing emergency that has been declared in the Borders and across Scotland. “This development is a fantastic opportunity to also bring many benefits to Peebles including our support of local initiatives, and we’re already working with Cycling without Age whose volunteers offer a fantastic service in the town. Caledonian Court will provide storage for the Peebles Trishaw, to enable local elderly people to get out and about in the community. We are delighted we can help out with this fabulous project.” We will be working with engineers Harley Haddow and architects CSY Architects to deliver the project. #thejrgroup #affordablehomes #peeblesproject #eildonha Read more here https://bit.ly/4j9xdpo

"As local authorities recognise the contribution co-living developments can make towards meeting ambitious housing targets, creating housing choice for local people, and creating diverse mixed communities, we expect to see more encouragement for this type of housing." There are 1.7million individuals currently renting in shared accommodation in urban centres. Current co-living delivery only accounts for about 0.4% of this figure, highlighting the scale of the opportunity for development and investment into co-living. Read about co-living investment, development and planning in our full report: https://lnkd.in/e7PTHSqd Oliver Knight, Samuel Gibb, Ewa Scott MRICS, Oliver Heywood, Nick Pleydell-Bouverie, Jonathan Stevenson, Knight Frank #coliving #buildtorent #development #BTR #sharedliving

Today is the day. 12.5 acres of brownfield in Frome, could be agreed to be sold to Mayday Saxonvale - making it the largest community-led development in the UK! The officer recommendation is for approval, and we're all optimistic it will happen. It's been a long journey, and one I only joined on the last stretch, with a particularly rollercoaster 48 hours last summer which you can read about here: https://lnkd.in/dm_Z3rMj The question I've been asked a lot the last few days is "what will this decision mean for the people of Frome?" and to me it is the sense of confidence, agency, and possibility it will give us that is so exciting. We have all fought so hard for this, and so many people have made their voices heard - whether through the planning system, getting up at the crack of dawn on May Day to hold hands around the site, or offering their ideas and energy to the development. There is a lot of discussion at the moment about our planning system, and for me the main issue is that it forces people to act defensively, rather than proactively, and as residents rather than citizens. This is what creates so much resistance in the system, and why so many developments get stuck. Most developments start with the needs of shareholders, with the needs of the community tagged on at the end, through tiny concessions or S106s. Community-led developments, like Mayday Saxonvale, start with the needs and wants and vision of the community for the site, and then look at how to make it financially viable. That is the key difference. I think its a really exciting model, and one that I hope we will see more of over the next few years - hopefully inspired by Frome, just as we have been inspired by other community-led developments around the UK, such as Hastings Commons. I spoke at the meeting last summer, and I ended by saying this. Fingers crossed Somerset Council do just this today: "So I’m asking you this afternoon to trust in the people of Frome. Trust that we know what is best for our town. Trust our commitment, our enthusiasm, our energy, and bet on the people here today to deliver not just another development, but a better, more hopeful future for Frome. And please, please, sell this land to Mayday Saxonvale." #communityleddevelopment #localdemocracy