Planning permission approved for £332m roadbuilding scheme13/12/2024 Housing secretary Angela Rayner has granted planning permission for a £332m infrastructure project in Oxfordshire following a planning inspector’s recommendation. |
Two thirds of Housing Infrastructure Fund left unspent05/01/2024 Around two-thirds of the £4.2bn Housing Infrastructure Fund remains unspent more than six years after its launch, despite the chronic shortage of housing, according to reports. |
Red rating for housing infrastructure programme31/07/2023 The Government’s £4.2bn Housing Infrastructure Fund (HIF), designed to provide infrastructure to support new homes, has been given a red rating by an official government body, meaning that the programme is considered ‘unachievable’. |
£90m Somerset bypass plan short of cash despite extra £12m13/07/2023 North Somerset Council has agreed an extra £11.9m to help pay for a new bypass, but the cash injection still only fills half of a £24m funding gap caused by rising costs. |
Inflation puts highways and housing schemes in doubt20/01/2023 Surging costs are jeopardising and delaying highway projects connected to new housing supported by Homes England. |
£200m M5 works now due to finish in 202502/12/2021 Gloucestershire County Council has published the contract notice for its M5 Junction 10 Improvements Scheme, valued at £200m. |
County council set to reject £15m grant18/06/2021 Senior councillors at Leicestershire County Council are poised to turn down £15m of Housing Infrastructure Fund cash because the project represents ‘too great a financial risk’. |
Counties get £157m from Housing Infrastructure Fund14/02/2019 Ministers have confirmed funding of £102m towards Cumbria County Council’s plans for the Carlisle Southern Link Road. |
Carlisle backs new £113m link road with £5m forward funding21/08/2018 Councillors in Carlisle have agreed to contribute £5m to forward fund developer contributions towards a new £113m link road to the south of the city. |
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