More than £6m has been granted to councils to begin work on Housing Zones across the country in a bid to increase the number of properties available…
Tens of thousands of homes are set to be built under government plans to develop on brownfield land. As part of this development plan, the government announced it would set up Housing Zones, which will bring together councils and private contractors to deliver 34,000 new properties.
Today, the government announced it has invested more than £6m in the next stage in the programme. The money will be used to build the first 19 Housing Zones and will move closer to the government’s target to deliver a million homes by 2020. It is expected at least 28 Housing Zones will eventually deliver up to 45,000 properties.
This latest round of funding adds to the £1.2bn Starter Home Fund, which will be used to prepare brownfield land for at least 30,000 homes.
Housing Minister Brandon Lewis said: “Housing Zones offer enormous potential to use brownfield land for new homes which is why this government is determined to get them built out as soon as possible.
“This funding will play an important part in getting work underway which will lead to new homes and more security for aspiring homeowners.”
Among the areas to receive funding are:
- Guilford Borough Council, Slyfield Area Regeneration (£600,000)
- Hertsmere Borough Council, Elstree Way Corridor (£277,000)
- Thurrock Council, Thurrock (£700,000)
- Gedling Borough Council, Gedling Colliery (£150,000)
- West Lindsey District Council, Greater Gainsborough (£165,000)
- Stoke-on-Trent City Council, Stoke City Centre (£240,000)
- Derby City Council, Derby City (£213,616)
- Gateshead Council, Exemplar Neighbourhood (£220,000)
- City of York Council, York Central (£365,000)
- Wakefield Council, Aire River (£261,000)
- Preston City Council, Preston (£165,000)
- North Somerset Council Weston-Super-Mare (£700,000)
- East Hampshire District Council, Whitehill & Bordon (£124,116)
- Gloucester City Council, Gloucester City (£300,000)
- Bath & North East Somerset Council, Foxhill (£313,000)
- Sedgemoor District Council, Hinkley (£100,000)
- Bristol City Council, South Bristol (£300,000)
- Tewkesbury Borough Council, Ashchurch (£330,000)
- Poole Borough Council, Poole Powerstation (£30,000)
The remaining fund (some £740,000) will be used to provide specialist technical support to the Zones.
