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• Government advances single construction regulator plan

  17-12-2025 14:50 via constructionenquirer.com
  The Government has pressed ahead with consultation on its plan to set up a single construction regulator as ministers push to merge building, product and competency oversight into one watchdog.
  The move aims to sweep away the current fragmented safety system. But the plan has already sparked industry concern after two years of procurement disruption triggered by the Building Safety Regulator’s gateway regime.
  The House of Lords inquiry into the Building Safety Regulator warned that the pre
  
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• Earls Court £10bn rebuild gets full green light

  17-12-2025 14:10 via constructionenquirer.com
  Enabling works for the first phase of London’s £10bn Earls Court regeneration will start next year after both local boroughs signed off the hybrid planning application for  the vast site.
  The 44-acre scheme, led by the Earls Court Development Company on behalf of Delancey, APG and Places for London, landed full backing from Kensington & Chelsea this week following unanimous approval in Hammersmith & Fulham late last month.
  Plan for new Earl’s Court district on cent
  
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• Civil engineers sound the alarm bell

  17-12-2025 11:48 via constructionenquirer.com
  Civil engineering contractors have reported the first drop in workloads since the pandemic and are urging the government to act.
  The latest quarterly Workload Trends Survey for 2025 Q3 released by Trade body CECA found that workloads moved to -1% on balance – the first negative reading since 2020 bringing an end to an  extended period of growth.
  Activity remained resilient in renewable and non-renewable electricity, nuclear-related work, and water and  sewerage.But the largest ne
  
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• Springfield strikes deal to build homes for power workers

  17-12-2025 08:57 via constructionenquirer.com
  Scottish house builder Springfield Properties has inked its first major housing agreement with SSEN Transmission to deliver nearly 300 homes for workers building Scotland’s next generation of energy infrastructure.
  The AIM-listed house builder will roll out 293 homes across six sites in Highland, Moray and Aberdeenshire, with SSEN Transmission set to lease the units for an initial four-year period to house crews delivering a vast grid-upgrade programme.
  Under the initial agreement, Springf
  
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• Hunt starts for Square Mile £4bn heat network developer

  17-12-2025 08:38 via constructionenquirer.com
  The City of London Corporation has kicked off a £4.3bn tender race to find a development partner to design, build and run a flagship low-carbon heat network across the Square Mile.
  New modelling shows the system could ultimately supply heat to around 1,200 buildings and rely heavily on the River Thames for strategic heat supply.
  The 42-year concession will see a single private partner create and run a Special Purpose Vehicle to take the network through design and development to constructio
  
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• Planning reboot could spare SMEs from Building Safety Levy hit

  17-12-2025 08:20 via constructionenquirer.com
  Small builders look set to benefit from a major shake-up of planning rules, with ministers proposing possible exemptions from the Building Safety Levy and a new fast-track regime to get homes built quicker.
  The Government has published a fresh set of proposed reforms to the National Planning Policy Framework aimed at speeding up decisions to make smaller housing sites more viable for local developers.
  A central move is the creation of a new “medium site” category for schemes of 10 to
  
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