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Brownfield Land Release Fund (BLRF2) Round 3
On 12 December 2023 DLUHC made up to £80m of capital grant funding available to English councils through the third and final round of the Brownfield Land Release Fund (BLRF2). The first two rounds of BLRF2 awarded almost £100m over 2022/23 and 2023/24 to release land for almost 8,600 homes by March 2027.
Brownfield Land Release Fund (BLRF2) Round 2 Funding Awards announced
On 9 October 2023, the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) announced that £60m has been awarded to nearly 100 local authority regeneration projects in England.
One Public Estate – celebrating 10 years!
Throughout 2023 One Public Estate will be celebrating its 10 year anniversary, with our involvement at UKREiiF on 16 – 18 May kicking things off.
Brownfield Land Release Fund (BLRF2) Round 2
Up to £180 million BLRF2 capital grant funding is available to all constituent English councils over a three-year period to support the release of council-owned brownfield land for housing. Round Two funding opened to applications in January 2023, with up to £60m available.
Brownfield Land Release Fund (BLRF2) Round 1 Funding Awards announced
On Saturday 19 November 2022, the DLUHC announced that up to £35m has been awarded under BLRF2 to 41 local authority projects in England. The funding will help councils to transform unused, redundant or derelict sites into high quality homes for their communities.
Brownfield Land Release Fund (BLRF2)
In July 2022, the One Public Estate programme made up to £180 million BLRF2 capital grant funding available to all constituent English councils to support the release of council-owned brownfield land for housing.
Opportunity Development Funding Awarded
In February 2022, the OPE programme awarded £3.9 million of Opportunity Development Funding to 47 One Public Estate Partnerships across England.
OPE and Brownfield Land Release Funding Awards announced
On Thursday 24 February 2022, DLUHC announced that a further £8 million was being awarded under the BLRF to 13 local authorities projects in England.