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Government launches next phase of new munitions and energetics factories

Defence Secretary John Healey says that at least 13 sites across the UK have now been identified for building the ‘Factories of the Future’, part of a £1.5 billion investment to boost  domestic weapons manufacturing. Engineering design has started on the first one.

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Housebuilding around train stations will be given default “yes”

Applications for housebuilding planning approval near well-connected train stations in England will receive a default “yes” in future if they meet certain rules, in a surprise announcement by Housing Secretary Steve Reed.

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Planning applications for major Scottish developments taking over double the target time

The Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) warns that a shortage of qualified planners could bring the planning system in Scotland to a standstill.

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Workers do not know how to report fraudulent qualifications, survey reveals

Construction sector workers feel confident that they can  spot the signs of qualification fraud, but do not know how to report it.

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Construction client given prison sentence after death on site

A construction client has been given a suspended prison sentence after a worker was found dead on a London building site.

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RICS warns of sustainability slowdown in global built environment

A report from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) says momentum behind sustainable development risks stalling without stronger policy intervention and accelerated skills development.

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Scotland’s planning system ‘key to realising data centre investment’

Analysis from planning and development consultant Lichfields, highlights how Scotland’s planning system could play a bigger role in attracting data centre investment to the country.

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Radical Shift in approach to infrastructure delivery needed

MPs warn that systemic failures in major infrastructure project delivery could derail the Government’s infrastructure ambitions in a report.

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Construction pipeline starting to crack, says economists’ analysis

Britain’s £530 billion construction and infrastructure pipeline is ‘starting to crack’, with skills shortages, falling investment and delivery delays threatening to derail government growth plans, says a report by Oxford Economics (OE) for the Construction Plant-hire Association (CPA).

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No plans for further rail electrification, says Transport Minister

The government does not plan to electrify any more of the UK’s railway lines but will focus investment instead on projects such as HS2, according to Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander.

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