Homes England has
agreed funding deals with 12 local authorities to deliver 4,000 homes across
England.
The funding
totalling £55million has been awarded through the Government’s £450 million
Local Authority Accelerated Construction (LAAC) Programme and will support
local authorities with a range of work required to prepare their sites for the
development of new homes such as infrastructure enabling works, planning and
technical expertise and site remediation.
The LAAC programme
prioritises the use of modern methods of construction, which will increase the
pace of delivery across the developments by an average of 40 percent.
The funding will be
used to kick start the development of 4,000 new homes across England, including
1,400 at a 400 acre site at Horton Heath, Eastleigh. Eastleigh Borough Council
purchased the site in 2018 and the development will benefit from £20.8million
of LAAC funding to accelerate the delivery of a mix of one, two, three and four
bedroom homes, including a minimum of 30 percent affordable housing.
The announcement
includes deals with local authorities from across England:
- North - City of York
Council, Gateshead Council, Newcastle City Council, Pendle Borough Council
- South
- Eastleigh Borough Council, Medway
Council, Dorset Council
- Midlands
- Leicestershire County Council, High
Peak Borough Council, City of Lincoln Council
- East -
Borough Council of King’s Lynn & West
Norfolk, South Norfolk Council
Minister of State
for Housing, Kit Malthouse MP, said: “We haven’t built enough homes in this
country for far too long – and our accelerated construction programme is here
to change that, and fast.
“This £55 million
funding boost will help councils get 4,000 new homes built across the country
using the latest modern methods that cut down on construction time.
“We must keep
building more, better, faster to meet our ambition to building 300,000 homes a
year by the mid-2020s.”
Stephen Kinsella,
Executive Director for Land at Homes England, said: “This funding will enable
local authorities to accelerate housing delivery by enabling them to prepare
sites for development and bring forward the construction of new homes
incorporating modern methods of construction.”
