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Housebuilding Today briefing: Friday 9 October 2026
Five stories from the last 24 hours and one closing date from our recent stories.
Stories from the last 24 hours
Wolverhampton launches Heath Town energy centre to serve estate's new council homes
City of Wolverhampton Council has opened a heat pump-led energy centre replacing the coal-designed boiler house of a Heath Town heat network installed about 55 years ago, with more than 100 further council homes planned.
HTA takes Housing Architect of the Year and Gold Award at AYA Building Design Awards
The practice said judges singled out its modular construction work and its retrofit of four Edwardian blocks on Clarion's Sutton Estate in Chelsea, a scheme Clarion said would deliver 81 social rented homes.
MJ Gleeson names Andrew Kirkman as CFO as Stefan Allanson steps down after 11 years
Former CLS Holdings and Harworth finance chief Andrew Kirkman joins the affordable housebuilder on 19 October, inheriting a business that sold 1,968 homes last year on revenue of £410.0m.
Stoke-on-Trent approves city-wide Article 4 Direction on small HMO conversions
Stoke-on-Trent City Council's Cabinet has backed a city-wide Article 4 Direction removing permitted development rights for converting family homes into small HMOs, with a statutory consultation still to run before confirmation.
Councils took almost £200m in planning performance agreement fees over three years, HBF finds
A Home Builders Federation freedom of information exercise found councils in England and Wales received an average of almost £600,000 each in PPA fees between 2022 and 2025, with the City of London taking almost £5m.
Closing soon
That consultation runs until 21 October.
About this briefing
Published on weekday mornings. Every item comes from a story Housebuilding Today has already published and checked against its sources, from dates organisers have published, or from our data trackers. See the events and awards calendar, or get the week's stories by email with the weekly newsletter.