People and places
Who it is for
Registered providers, councils, developers, boards and contractors working on housing and regeneration in the area the edition covers.
Independent research · Published quarterly
Regeneration &
Investment Briefing
Funding, places and delivery.
A borough-by-borough perspective.
Illustrative townscape · not a scheme image
About the briefing
A clearer view of local regeneration
A quarterly briefing on funding, places and delivery, written for the organisations bringing forward homes and regeneration in one borough at a time. Each edition sets out the funding routes that are open, the programmes and boards shaping local priorities, and the partners and contacts behind them.
The briefing is research, not commentary. Figures and positions are dated, sourced and checked to a stated day, so a reader can see how current a statement is before acting on it. It is published by the Planning Handbook and is independent of the councils, funders and boards it describes.
How a quarter works
Q3 2026 · The publication cycle
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Research checked
Figures and positions checked to a stated day.
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Published
Q3 2026 edition
The research, available online and as a PDF.
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Distributed
Q3 2026 readership
Circulated to named roles in recipient organisations.
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Directory
Alongside the Q3 2026 research
Local suppliers, organised by category.
Each edition closes with numbered sources and the date its research was checked.
What an edition covers
The running order is consistent from quarter to quarter, so a reader who used the last edition knows where to look in this one.
The funding landscape
The national programmes and the money behind them, with what each stream funds and who can reach it.
Grant, land and finance
How grant, public land and debt or equity fit together on a single scheme.
Combined authority routes
Regional funds and application routes, and where local priorities are set.
Who decides, and who to contact
The decision points on a scheme and the public enquiry routes behind them.
Accessing programme grant
Eligibility, market engagement and strategic partnership routes, in sequence.
Places and programmes
The town-centre and estate programmes currently in delivery across the area.
Neighbourhood boards
The local boards, their plans and the milestones they are working to.
Local funds and project calls
Smaller local pots, the calls that are open and the ones under evaluation.
Housing partners and need
Registered providers active in the area, and the need the figures describe.
Delivery and procurement
Tendering routes, timelines and how suppliers get in front of them.
Skills and workforce
Construction skills capacity and how to build a workforce plan into a contract.
Business directory
A category directory of local suppliers, published alongside the research.
Sources and notes
Numbered references to primary sources, and the date the research was checked.
Skills and delivery
The directory
Each edition carries a category directory of local suppliers, published alongside the research and distributed with it. Businesses can enquire about inclusion in a future edition.