Case studies

How a progressive local authority is using an escalator approach for the provision of affordable housing.

The aim of the Women’s building is to try and replace some of the lost services to women and the community that the Holloway Prison previously supplied.

Using local knowledge to identify development sites

In response to challenges finding long-term solutions to nutrient neutrality, the Herefordshire Council have established a Cabinet Commission to progress the restoration of the Rivers Wye and Lugg.

Vulnerable people typically spend a lot of their time at home, so their homes are particularly important in maintaining physical and mental health, and addressing health inequalities.

The Council re-negotiated the s106 agreement with the developer in 2011 in order to unlock the development, which had stalled due to the economic downturn.

Development figures for 2018/19 as a partnership have been 2841 planning consents, 2145 starts on site and 1920 completions. It is hoped that the joint venture will contribute 500 homes a year to this total.

The project has allowed the regeneration of urban brownfield sites. The Council consistently relied on government funding to facilitate development of challenging urban brownfield sites for the last thirty years. This new joint venture model removed the need for government subsidy.

The project identified a number of potential sites suitable for housing development.

The partnership came from Eastleigh having an appetite to deliver new housing and having access to land and finance but without a development and housing management capability.