£11 Million Allocated for Brownfield Land Housing Developments

A FURTHER £11 million has been allocated to 15 councils to redevelop 23 brownfield land sites for housing.

The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) has announced the allocation of the funding from the Brownfield Land Release Fund (BLRF). It follows the allocation of £57 million last month to 53 local councils.

Brownfield Land Release

The BLRF funding has released land for more than 6,800 homes by March 2024 and will create more than 21,000 jobs in the housing and construction sectors, says the Government.

Projects allocated funding include:

• Stoke-on-Trent: A former refuse destruction site on Booth Street will be redeveloped with £700,000 of BLRF funding. This funding will release land for the development of 118 new homes, 90% of which will be affordable housing including social rent homes for older people.
• Hythe: In Hythe, the District Council will receive £2 million towards the site remediation costs of a former waste tip on this council-led development. The regeneration will deliver 150 new homes, a new leisure centre and improved public spaces and parkland.
• Barrow: In Barrow-in-Furness, Barrow Borough Council will receive £1.5 million to improve roads, infrastructure and utilities for the Marina Village development and key employment sites, close to the town centre. The funding will release land for 315 new homes.
• Gloucester: A major redevelopment of a derelict former cattle market site at St Oswalds Park will be supported by the BLRF to deliver 180 new homes. The St Oswalds Park redevelopment is part of the regeneration work across the city supported by government, which includes the £20 million investment from the Levelling Up Fund.
• Chorley: In Chorley £1.1 million will help bring forward the proposed re-development of a council-owned site on Bengal Street, demolishing existing buildings and addressing ground contamination to deliver a mixed use scheme incorporating residential, retail and leisure space.

In October, £57 million was allocated to 53 councils in the first tranche of the BLRF, of which up to £25 million was made available to self and custom build projects. Further funding for self and custom build projects will be announced shortly.

The BLRF is delivered by the One Public Estate programme, a collaboration between DLUHC, the Local Government Association and the Cabinet Office.

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