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[V8Druid]

well wing nut is certainly creaming it .....

Crown Estate promotes development boss as lucrative wind farms help business to bumper profit

Regent Street owner's figure swelled by option fees charged to offshore developers

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" .. reported an annual net profit in the year to March of £1.15bn, up 4% on the previous year’s £1.1bn. .........The £15.5bn estate owns a stretch of seabed up to 12 nautical miles wide that surrounds England, Wales and Northern Ireland........ The bumper number largely came from option fees charged to developers to build six offshore wind farms "

 

[V8Druid]

" Today (Friday) marks a year since Labour won a historic landslide in the general election. ......... Central to Labour’s general election winning manifesto was a commitment to deliver 1.5 million new homes by 2029. Within weeks of their victory, the new government began putting their plans into action, consulting on a new National Planning Policy Framework and a new formula for calculating housing targets both squarely aimed at achieving that goal.

One year on, recent headline data paints a bleak picture of progress. "

A year after the general election, what progress are we making towards 1.5 million homes?

Today (Friday) marks a year since Labour won a historic landslide in the general election. Paul Smith assesses how the government has fared against its key housing delivery pledge

www.building.co.uk

 

[stephenmenhen1]

Because this is what we need is more homes. One major Hospital thats allways packed, doctor surgerys at capacity and barely any jobs that pay well enough to live on. Think theres a further 290 houses proposed for Wadebridge as well. We got 27 going up in the village I'm in which is slap bang in between both. How many do you reckon will go to locals? I'll guess at about 3% if they're lucky and even then they'll probably get pushed out by the channel crossers.

 

[V8Druid]

Data centre demand set to drive construction’s recovery, reports find

But contractors struggling to keep up with demand, RLB adds

www.building.co.uk

really????

Construction industry failing on data centres

Demand for new data centres is outstripping the construction industry’s ability to deliver, it is being suggested.

www.theconstructionindex.co.uk

" Demand for new data centres is outstripping the construction industry’s ability to deliver, it is being suggested. .......Adding to developers’ worries are concerns about the financial sustainability of the few contractors capable of delivering data centres at scale. The collapse of ISG in September 2024 was a wake-up call for the industry "

and as if leccy chariots don't stress the grid enough ..... " Commissioned capacity has surged by nearly 300% since 2023 with operators averaging 47MW each this year ........The growth of artificial intelligence is driving soaring demand for energy, power density and liquid cooling "

T&T warns of power connectivity delays amid data centre surge

Demand for schemes putting pressure on need to power them

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" Infrastructure-specific growth has more than doubled (up by 127.8%) in the last year, putting additional pressure on the need to improve the grid network to power it. The National Grid’s connections assistant tool shows that most new applicants will receive connection dates in 2036 or later. "

" It highlights the pressure on the 90-year-old National Grid, which transports current to where it’s needed, pointing out that between Q1 2024 and Q1 2025, domestic electricity consumption rose by 2% as more properties switched from gas boilers to heat pumps. "

" National Grid estimates that by 2050 the UK’s data demand will use nearly as much energy as all Britain’s industrial users consume today. "

So where is all this extra leccy gonna come from then?? - can't cope with current demand

 

[V8Druid]

this is a scary number !!
" The increased waste disposal costs would also add up to £28,000 to the cost of building a new house, MPA has calculated. ...... The MPA calculates that the current proposals would add between £22,000 and 28,000 to the cost of building a new house, based solely on the additional cost of waste disposal. Some infrastructure schemes would face increased costs running into tens or even hundreds of millions of pounds. "

Fears for quarries from landfill tax hike

The government has been warned that its landfill tax reforms could backfire rather badly, with dozens of quarries at risk of being no longer viable and construction costs soaring.

www.theconstructionindex.co.uk

" Quarries have strict planning conditions to ensure land can be restored to good use after extraction – this relies on bringing in inert materials with no other use, such as chalk, clay or soils. Taxing these materials at over £125 per tonne is as damaging as it is absurd, and will result in worse environmental outcomes while adding significant costs to the delivery of infrastructure and housing. "

 

[Smiffy]

this is a scary number !!
" The increased waste disposal costs would also add up to £28,000 to the cost of building a new house, MPA has calculated. ...... The MPA calculates that the current proposals would add between £22,000 and 28,000 to the cost of building a new house, based solely on the additional cost of waste disposal. Some infrastructure schemes would face increased costs running into tens or even hundreds of millions of pounds. "

Fears for quarries from landfill tax hike

The government has been warned that its landfill tax reforms could backfire rather badly, with dozens of quarries at risk of being no longer viable and construction costs soaring.

www.theconstructionindex.co.uk

" Quarries have strict planning conditions to ensure land can be restored to good use after extraction – this relies on bringing in inert materials with no other use, such as chalk, clay or soils. Taxing these materials at over £125 per tonne is as damaging as it is absurd, and will result in worse environmental outcomes while adding significant costs to the delivery of infrastructure and housing. "

Haha I thought we where encouraging house building.

 

[V8Druid]

Haha I thought we where encouraging house building.

yeh well ..... depends how big the browny is

Ballymore and Places for London’s 3,300-home Edgware scheme approved after amassing more than 2,000 objections

Howells-designed scheme approved yesterday evening after overcoming significant local backlash

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" ...... been approved after racking up more than 2,000 objections from members of the public. "

so much for 'the planning process

 

[V8Druid]

like the sh1t isn't deep enough for many already ??

Reeves set to relax mortgage lending rules to boost home ownership

Chancellor says more high loan-to-income ratio mortgages will be available after 'Leeds Reforms'

www.building.co.uk

" Chancellor says more, high loan-to-income ratio mortgages, will be available "

Reeves set to relax mortgage lending rules to boost homeownership

Chancellor says more high loan-to-income ratio mortgages will be available after 'Leeds Reforms'

www.housingtoday.co.uk

 

[V8Druid]

are there any 'councils' actually building new housing stock ??

New council houses to be exempt from right-to-buy for 35 years

Newly built council houses in England will be exempt from right-to-buy for 35 years to ensure local authorities ‘are not losing homes before they have recovered the costs of building them’, the housing minister has said

www.architectsjournal.co.uk

 

[V8Druid]

more 'jobs for the boys' and probably even longer delays

" MHCLG to take control of Building Safety Regulator, pledging ‘fast track’ process and resources to tackle delays "

MHCLG to take control of Building Safety Regulator, pledging ‘fast track’ process and resources to tackle delays

Former London Fire Brigade commissioner Andy Roe to head up new MHCLG board to take on functions of regulator

www.building.co.uk

 

[6feetdown]

this is a scary number !!
" The increased waste disposal costs would also add up to £28,000 to the cost of building a new house, MPA has calculated. ...... The MPA calculates that the current proposals would add between £22,000 and 28,000 to the cost of building a new house, based solely on the additional cost of waste disposal. Some infrastructure schemes would face increased costs running into tens or even hundreds of millions of pounds. "

Fears for quarries from landfill tax hike

The government has been warned that its landfill tax reforms could backfire rather badly, with dozens of quarries at risk of being no longer viable and construction costs soaring.

www.theconstructionindex.co.uk

" Quarries have strict planning conditions to ensure land can be restored to good use after extraction – this relies on bringing in inert materials with no other use, such as chalk, clay or soils. Taxing these materials at over £125 per tonne is as damaging as it is absurd, and will result in worse environmental outcomes while adding significant costs to the delivery of infrastructure and housing. "

Yep think a price od 1500 per grab lorry was being touted

 

[bobthebuilder]

T&T warns of power connectivity delays amid data centre surge

Demand for schemes putting pressure on need to power them

www.building.co.uk

" Infrastructure-specific growth has more than doubled (up by 127.8%) in the last year, putting additional pressure on the need to improve the grid network to power it. The National Grid’s connections assistant tool shows that most new applicants will receive connection dates in 2036 or later. "

" It highlights the pressure on the 90-year-old National Grid, which transports current to where it’s needed, pointing out that between Q1 2024 and Q1 2025, domestic electricity consumption rose by 2% as more properties switched from gas boilers to heat pumps. "

" National Grid estimates that by 2050 the UK’s data demand will use nearly as much energy as all Britain’s industrial users consume today. "

So where is all this extra leccy gonna come from then?? - can't cope with current demand

Easy,we will have no industry,thus plenty of leccy

 

[Lancs Lad]

Easy,we will have no industry,thus plenty of leccy

Chatting with industrial sparkys last week...saying same where do folk think this leccy is going to come from? If a whole streets heat pumps turned on and their 2 cars started charging together it be one spectacular pop at the subby

 

[Silversabre]

Lot of battery storage sites being built privately. To charge up off peak and sell back when required at a higher rate. Also traditional gas powered generator sites

 

[V8Druid]

interesting developments in the building world .. yet another Co. putting suppliers 'on notice' of intended pursuit of remediation costs
gonna be a lot of suppliers rectums twitching as these sorts of claims gather momentum - Kingspan have several developers that've put them 'on notice'
can see a few 'players' ending up tits up over these sorts of claims

Taylor Wimpey the latest housebuilder to put supply chain on notice as fresh £222m cladding safety hit plunges firm to £92m loss

Defects discovered in past few months relate to cavity barriers behind brickwork and render

www.building.co.uk

Cladding costs put Taylor Wimpey in the red

First-half results for Taylor Wimpey show a £92.1m loss before tax.

www.theconstructionindex.co.uk

and the goal posts keep moving

 

[V8Druid]

big stick and a carrot ??

Top house-builders agree £100m payment to head off CMA

Seven leading house-builders have agreed to pay a total of £100m to affordable housing programmes following an investigation by the competition watchdog.

www.theconstructionindex.co.uk

 

[6feetdown]

Lot of battery storage sites being built privately. To charge up off peak and sell back when required at a higher rate. Also traditional gas powered generator sites

Went to 1 2 weeks ago what a great earner

 

[V8Druid]

Went to 1 2 weeks ago what a great earner

That the one down at the old Uskmouth power station site? IIRC I put something about the planning app. for that up last year

 

[6feetdown]

That the one down at the old Uskmouth power station site? IIRC I put something about the planning app. for that up last year

No near Monsanto

 

[V8Druid]

so much for Smarmers housing targets ... shot themselves in the foot with all their new BS

Building safety delays hit London homes starts as registrations slump more than 50% in second quarter

NHBC figures show impact of gateway 2 hold-ups on London market

www.building.co.uk

"....... registrations slump more than 50% in second quarter "