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Housing development support for local government projects

Guidance and support for local government to apply for and manage housing projects in England.

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From:
Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities , Homes England and Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government (2018 to 2021)
Published
17 May 2021
Last updated
20 July 2021 — See all updates

How Homes England supports local government

The Local Government Capacity Centre (LGCC) has been established to develop, curate and deliver well structured, accessible offers for local government, with an aim of increasing capacity and skills to make homes happen in the short, medium and long term.

Government funding programmes and partnerships

Find funding programmes for housing-led developments.

Homes England funding programmes

You can explore the latest funding programmes open for bidding and find out how to apply through a partnership with Homes England.

Other funding programmes

The Brownfield Land Release Fund (BLRF) supports local authorities to bring forward brownfield sites for housing development and self and custom-build serviced plots.

The Town and Country Planning Association has published guidance on finance and delivery for garden city projects.

UK Debt Management Office offers the Public Works Loan Board lending facility. This is for local authorities mainly for capital projects.

Project governance and requirements

Guidance on how to develop your vision for large scale developments and how to mitigate risk.

See the garden communities toolkit for guidance on:

Land, site feasibility, environment and sustainability

Guidance on finding land, managing land contamination and how to develop sustainable developments.

The Environment Agency has created technical guidance on the management of contaminated land including how to investigate, assess and manage the risks.

Planning a development

Information on planning permissions and obligations for local authorities.

See the garden communities toolkit for guidance on:

The Local Government Association (LGA) has published an introductory guide for councillors on how planning works

Building and procurement

How to access our Delivery Partner Panel, our technical and property frameworks, guidance on self-build and custom housebuilding and Modern Methods of Construction (MMC).

Building for Life 12 (BfL 12) is the industry standard for the design of new housing developments.

The Design Council’s Design Review is an independent and impartial process for evaluating the quality of significant developments, urban extensions and major infrastructure projects across England.

The Design Council’s guide on the use of urban design codes explores how urban design codes can help to increase property values, reduce crime, contribute to public health and ease transport problems.

Changes to the procurement and application process

The Delivery Partner Panel3 (DPP3) closes on 30 July 2021. If you’re an existing member looking to join, you’ll need to apply to the new delivery partner Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS).

Updates to this page

Published 17 May 2021
Last updated 20 July 2021 + show all updates

  1. Deleted reference to the summer learning programme as they have now finished. There will be a winter learning programme scheduled for November 2021.

  2. Added a link to the new delivery partner Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) which replaces the Delivery Partner Panel 3 (DPP3) under the heading 'Building and procurement'.

  3. First published.

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