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£300m secured for Harwell lab and office building plans

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Harwell Science and Innovation Campus has secured £300m to expand and build out new laboratory, advanced manufacturing, and office space. It is operated on a cluster basis, promoting collaboration across the Space, Health Tech, Energy Tech and Quantum Computing sectors.

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Quartet secure Thirteen Group £500m new homes deal

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Thirteen Group affordable new build partners North east region: Esh, Morris & Spottiswood, ReGen Yorkshire region: Esh, Morris & Spottiswood, Henry Boot Construction The housing association is a strategic partner of Homes England and has secured £191m of funding for its programme to build 3,270 affordable homes by 2028.

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Esh secures largest contract in its history

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Esh Construction has bagged the largest contract in the north east firm’s history securing a £56m affordable housing scheme in Middlesbrough. The development will bring hundreds of new homes to Grove Hill and is the third affordable housing scheme Esh will deliver in partnership with social housing body Thirteen.

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Plans for renovation of historic Cardiff Market

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Plans for a major multi-million-pound renovation of Cardiff’s historic Central Market have been unveiled by the city council. The plans will preserve and future-proof the Grade II listed building, restoring original design features, and introducing a new ground floor seated area for food.

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Property developer giants join call for planning reset

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British Land and Landsec have added their weight to calls for urgent planning reforms to stimulate the regeneration of the UK’s towns and cities. They warn successive changes to the planning system have resulted in layers of complexity that mean the system’s default mode is to prevent or delay economic activity.

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Downing plans 700-room London student and flats scheme

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Hybrid developer and contractor Downing has submitted plans for a near 700 purpose-built student accommodation scheme and a 91 private build to rent flats in North Acton, West London. Plans outline that it will be composed of a terracotta rainscreen system interspersed with clear glazed and perforated anodised aluminium panels.

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Watchdog MPs warn over cost of net zero plan

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The Government’s ambitious green power building goals are at risk of not being delivered because of a lack of an overarching and costed delivery plan. In a critical report published today, the PAC calls on Government to pull together numerous decarbonisation plans into coherent strategy.

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