Affordable Housing
Shared ownership, affordable rent and discounted sale homes, delivered through planning with providers.
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For councils and housing associations
We bring land, planning and construction together to deliver affordable and social homes with councils, housing associations and registered providers in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
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Tell us about your organisation and the homes you need.
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- Private conversationsEvery arrangement documented
- Land to homesLand, planning and construction
- Housing partnersCouncils and housing associations
- No public offerNothing here is an offer to invest
- UK-wideEngland, Wales, Scotland and NI
How can a council or housing association work with Land to Homes?
Councils and housing associations can work with Land to Homes on affordable homes secured through planning obligations, land-led schemes where we bring a site forward together, design and build contracts for homes on land the partner already owns, and council land disposals. Each partnership is set up for the grant, planning and procurement rules of the nation the homes are in.
What can you deliver?
Homes for social rent, affordable rent, shared ownership and other affordable tenures, alongside open-market homes on mixed-tenure sites. We aim to deliver affordable homes required by a Section 106 or equivalent agreement, or work on land-led and design-and-build schemes. See council and housing association partnerships.
How are affordable and social homes funded?
Funding and grant rules differ in each nation. Our guide how affordable and social homes are delivered sets out the main programmes and how planning obligations and grant fit together.
Do you allocate homes?
No. Allocations and nominations are made by councils and housing providers through their own policies and lists. Our role is to bring forward the land and build the homes.
Services
How we can help
Social Housing
Social rent homes built with councils and housing associations, which allocate them through their own lists.
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Package deals, land-led schemes, Section 106 homes and design and build for councils and registered providers.
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New Home Construction
Building the homes we plan, from groundworks and roads to homes for sale, rent and affordable tenures.
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Planning Permission and Strategy
Planning strategy and applications for new homes, with the planning work funded by us on promotion deals.
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Architecture and Masterplanning
Site layouts, house types and masterplans shaped by local character, planning policy and buildability.
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Build to Rent Partnerships
Forward funding and forward purchase of new rented homes with institutional and registered provider partners.
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Land Assembly and Access
Bring neighbouring parcels, access strips and visibility splays together so a site can be planned as one.
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How can councils and housing associations work with Land to Homes?
Through package deals for affordable homes on sites we control, land-led schemes designed around a provider's needs, affordable homes secured by planning agreements, design and build on land a council or provider owns, and responses to council land disposals. Each route is set out in a written agreement that follows the partner's procurement and governance rules.
What is a package deal?
A package deal is a contract for a registered provider to buy completed affordable homes from a developer on a site the developer controls. The mix, specification, standards and price are agreed before construction, and ownership transfers on completion. It is a common way of delivering the affordable homes required by a planning permission.
Can you build on council-owned land?
Yes, under a design and build contract or a development partnership, subject to the council's procurement rules. We design and construct homes to the council's specification, and the council keeps or takes ownership as agreed. Where councils dispose of land for housing, we respond to opportunities where the terms suit, following the process the council sets.
How are planning obligation affordable homes delivered?
Where a scheme includes affordable housing required by a Section 106 agreement in England or Wales, a Section 75 agreement in Scotland or a Section 76 agreement in Northern Ireland, we plan those homes with a registered provider and transfer them on completion. We talk to providers early so the homes meet their standards and local need.
Who applies for grant funding for affordable homes?
Normally the council or registered provider. Grant is paid to them under programmes run by Homes England, the Greater London Authority, the Welsh Government, the Scottish Government or, in Northern Ireland, through the Housing Executive's Social Housing Development Programme. We plan schemes with the relevant funding conditions in mind, but we do not apply for or hold that grant.
Do you allocate social or affordable homes?
No. Allocations are made by councils and housing providers through their own lists and policies. When affordable or social homes on our sites transfer to a provider, the provider decides who is offered each home. We cannot add anyone to a housing register or influence an allocation, and we direct anyone asking to their council or provider.