{"id":160396,"date":"2026-03-23T13:07:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T13:07:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=160396"},"modified":"2026-03-23T13:07:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T13:07:08","slug":"mayoral-authority-secures-brownfield-housing-fund","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/mayoral-authority-secures-brownfield-housing-fund\/160396\/","title":{"rendered":"Mayoral authority secures brownfield housing fund"},"content":{"rendered":"

Following lobbying by Helen Godwin, the mayor of the West of England, the West of England Mayoral Combined Authority <\/a>(WEMCA) has secured investment from the Brownfield Housing Fund<\/h2>\n

The Brownfield Housing Fund has allocated \u00a345m to Helen Godwin and the WEMCA, aimed at unlocking 8,000 new homes.<\/p>\n

This will include affordable homes, with the money being spread out appropriately between local councils.<\/p>\n

\u201cA proper voice at the table\u201d<\/h3>\n

The money has been secured to combat the rising costs that many brownfield developments face in redeveloping the land, and boosting the viability of schemes.<\/p>\n

Helen Godwin, mayor of the West of England, said: “The last week has been huge for devolution and for our region. The West of England now has a proper voice at the table, so we are securing unprecedented investment in housing and transport. In this new chapter, we are banging the drum for our region and can now look forward to building more homes and creating more jobs for local people.<\/p>\n

“We are building strong relationships with government ministers, working closely with Steve Reed and his team to get more of the investment that the West needs to help deliver the priorities in our Growth Strategy and Child Poverty Action Plan. This new funding – worth \u00a345m for our region – will prove enormously important as we work together to step up efforts to tackle the housing crisis by building the right homes in the right places, with the right services and infrastructure for people to live well and get around.”<\/p>\n

Mayoral authorities are playing a key role in housebuilding<\/h3>\n

Announced in December<\/a>, a mayoral funding package was allocated to six regions to cover housebuilding and high street regeneration with up to \u00a3200m per year over 30 years.<\/p>\n

The six areas receiving a new mayor and access to the funding are:<\/p>\n