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Government housing agency, Homes England<\/a>, has agreed funding deals worth \u00a338.2m with six local authorities to speed up the construction of over 2,000 homes across England<\/h2>\n

The deals are the latest to be awarded through the Government\u2019s \u00a3350m Local Authority Accelerated Construction (LAAC) programme. The programme was launched to help unlock public land and increase the speed of delivery on local authority housing<\/a> schemes.<\/p>\n

The funding will be used by the local authorities to invest in infrastructure and enabling works to get 13 sites \u2013 from Somerset to Cheshire \u2013 ready for the development of new homes.<\/p>\n

Local authorities awarded funding are encouraged to use both local SMEs and modern methods of construction (MMC) on their sites. This would reflect the government\u2019s commitment to investing in infrastructure and widening the use of smaller builders on publicly owned land.<\/p>\n

New sites set to benefit from LAAC funding include land at Locking Parklands, Weston-Super-Mare, where North Somerset Council will receive over \u00a39.8m of LAAC funding for infrastructure to bring forward 425 new homes, at least 30% of which will be affordable.<\/p>\n

Another of the sites, in Winsford, Cheshire, will benefit from over \u00a34.5m LAAC funding to accelerate the construction of 310 homes.<\/p>\n

There will also be deals with six local authorities in North Somerset Council, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council, Bristol City Council, Hastings Borough Council, Hull City Council, Cheshire West and Chester Council.<\/p>\n

Stephen Kinsella, chief land and development officer at Homes England, said: \u201cThis funding will enable local authorities to prepare their sites for development and to bring forward the construction of homes. New homes will then be built out at pace using modern methods of construction.\u201d<\/p>\n

Local authorities interested in the Local Authority Accelerated Construction programme should contact\u00a0AcceleratedConstruction@homesengland.gov.uk<\/a><\/p>\n

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