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LABC to train more building inspectors with additional funding from Welsh Government

|Date: 24 July, 2025

LABC to train more building inspectors with additional funding from Welsh Government

The Welsh Government has extended the grant funding for recruiting and training new building control surv ...

The Welsh Government has extended the grant funding for recruiting and training new building control surveyors in Wales to over £1.2m. The announcement follows a successful first round of funding in 2 ...

24 July, 2025
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Stakeholders enjoy a visit to new Deeside affordable homes

|Date: 16 June, 2025

Stakeholders enjoy a visit to new Deeside affordable homes

Stakeholders including Marj Cooper, Housing Strategy Manager at Flintshire County Council visited ClwydAl ...

Stakeholders including Marj Cooper, Housing Strategy Manager at Flintshire County Council visited ClwydAlyn’s Northern Gateway development in Deeside last week. The visit was organised to celebrate th ...

16 June, 2025
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Major programme of new school buildings delivered

|Date: 20 May, 2025

Major programme of new school buildings delivered

Since 2014, every local authority in Wales has benefitted from a huge investment in new school and colleg ...

Since 2014, every local authority in Wales has benefitted from a huge investment in new school and college buildings, with £3.6bn invested in over 330 projects. The sustainable communities for learnin ...

20 May, 2025
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Community engagement vital to develop more social housing in Wales

|Date: 8 March, 2024

Community engagement vital to develop more social housing in Wales

The latest report by housing policy research project — Tyfu Tai Cymru (TTC) — claims ongoing housing shor ...

The latest report by housing policy research project — Tyfu Tai Cymru (TTC) — claims ongoing housing shortages could be alleviated by addressing the stigma associated with social housing and increasin ...

8 March, 2024
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Building a stronger future for Welsh construction

|Date: 2 February, 2024

Building a stronger future for Welsh construction

Economy Minister, Vaughan Gething recently addressed a construction summit in Cardiff which brought toget ...

Economy Minister, Vaughan Gething recently addressed a construction summit in Cardiff which brought together Welsh construction sector leaders during a period of economic pressures and challenges. Wit ...

2 February, 2024
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Denbighshire extra care housing scheme transformation making great progress

|Date: 18 January, 2024

Denbighshire extra care housing scheme transformation making great progress

Partners in a major £12.2m scheme to update and extend Grŵp Cynefin’s Extra Care Housing facility in Ruth ...

Partners in a major £12.2m scheme to update and extend Grŵp Cynefin’s Extra Care Housing facility in Ruthin have been given a guided tour and an insight into how it will eventually look. Grŵp Cynefin ...

18 January, 2024
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Laying the groundwork for local homes in Gwynedd

|Date: 11 January, 2024

Laying the groundwork for local homes in Gwynedd

Work has started on a £10m development, which will provide 41 energy-efficient and affordable family home ...

Work has started on a £10m development, which will provide 41 energy-efficient and affordable family homes for local people in Penrhyndeudraeth, Gwynedd. The scheme, at the Canol Cae site in the centr ...

11 January, 2024
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LABC to train eight more building inspectors with £350,000 boost from Welsh Government

|Date: 19 December, 2023

LABC to train eight more building inspectors with £350,000 boost from Welsh Government

Wales has taken a major step forward in ensuring the future safety of its homes and buildings by funding ...

Wales has taken a major step forward in ensuring the future safety of its homes and buildings by funding four trainee inspectors. The £350,630 grant matches funds provided by Local Authority Building ...

19 December, 2023
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£5m grant to speed up the SWITCH to Net Zero Buildings

|Date: 12 October, 2023

£5m grant to speed up the SWITCH to Net Zero Buildings

Thanks to a £5m grant to speed up the Switch to Net Zero Buildings project, homes and buildings in south ...

Thanks to a £5m grant to speed up the Switch to Net Zero Buildings project, homes and buildings in south Wales are a step closer to being low carbon with cheaper energy costs. Buildings — such as home ...

12 October, 2023
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New report reveals four-fold increase in local councils pursuing Local Area Energy Plans

|Date: 14 September, 2023

New report reveals four-fold increase in local councils pursuing Local Area Energy Plans

Four times as many local authorities are taking climate action by pursuing Local Area Energy Plans compar ...

Four times as many local authorities are taking climate action by pursuing Local Area Energy Plans compared to two years ago, according to a new report by Energy Systems Catapult. Sixty-six local coun ...

14 September, 2023
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