{"id":519479,"date":"2025-04-29T09:49:47","date_gmt":"2025-04-29T08:49:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.constructionnews.co.uk\/?p=519479"},"modified":"2025-04-29T09:51:01","modified_gmt":"2025-04-29T08:51:01","slug":"uk-construction-activity-march-2025-community-amenity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.constructionnews.co.uk\/cn-intelligence\/uk-construction-activity-march-2025-community-amenity-29-04-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"UK construction activity March 2025: Community &#038; amenity"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"everviz-Qw0mycm0F\" class=\"everviz-Qw0mycm0F\"><script src=\"https:\/\/app.everviz.com\/inject\/Qw0mycm0F\/?v=20\" defer=\"defer\"><\/script><\/div>\n<h3>Community &amp; amenity overview<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>25 per cent decrease in project starts year-on-year<\/li>\n<li>26 per cent increase in main contract awards from last year<\/li>\n<li>65 per cent decrease in detailed planning approvals compared to 2024<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The sector performed well in main contract awards, having grown 26 per cent year-on-year and 70 per cent quarter-on-quarter, driven by a strong increase in major (\u00a3100m or more) projects. However, detailed planning approvals faced a decline against both periods, with no major projects approved in the first quarter of 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Prison projects dominated sector starts during the first quarter and given the government\u2019s pledge to invest \u00a32.3b in prisons buildings we expect the category to be an important driver for sector growth over the next two years. Increased defense funding should also help to drive sector activity over the medium term.<\/p>\n<h3>Types of projects started<\/h3>\n<p>Performance in the community &amp; amenity sector was weak, with only two sub-sectors having grown year-on-year.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Prison project starts accounted for the largest share (68 per cent), despite a 14 per cent decline<\/li>\n<li>Accounting for 18 per cent, local facilities totalled \u00a3213m, 25 per cent up year-on-year<\/li>\n<li>Government buildings grew 13 per cent on a year ago, totalling \u00a3142m<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Regional<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Mixed performance in project starts, with half of the regions experiencing growth despite the overall decline in the sector<\/li>\n<li>Reflecting the overall downward trend, detailed planning approvals grew only in four regions<\/li>\n<li>Yorkshire &amp; the Humber experienced growth in both starts and consents<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The East Midlands accounted for the highest share of project starts, having grown 366 per cent to total \u00a3349m. Activity in the region was driven by the \u00a3300m HMP Gartree 2. Accounting for 28 per cent, the East of England grew tenfold on a year ago, mainly due to the \u00a3300m HMP Highpoint South development in Newmarket.<\/p>\n<p>Scotland dominated detailed planning approvals, having grown more than 125 times in value to total \u00a3122m. Activity in the region was boosted by the \u00a377m Alloa West Wellbeing Hub &amp; Lochies School.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Community &amp; amenity overview 25 per cent decrease in project starts year-on-year 26 per cent increase in main contract awards from last year 65 per cent decrease in detailed planning approvals compared to 2024 The sector performed well in main contract awards, having grown 26 per cent year-on-year and 70 per cent quarter-on-quarter, driven by &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":472158,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false},"categories":[74630,74647,74646],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Community &amp; amenity overview 25 per cent decrease in project starts year-on-year 26 per cent increase in main contract awards from last year 65 per\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.constructionnews.co.uk\/cn-intelligence\/uk-construction-activity-march-2025-community-amenity-29-04-2025\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"UK construction activity March 2025: Community &amp; 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