West Midlands, Greater Manchester and the Tees Valley Combined Authorities have been awarded a share of £30m funding to create 2,500 new homes.

The funding – first announced in the Levelling Up White Paper – will “support young people and families into home ownership” and regenerate brownfield land.

A further £8m from the Brownfield Land Release Fund has also been allocated to 13 councils across England to deliver almost 900 homes.

Housing Minister, Stuart Andrew, said: “Transforming derelict brownfield sites into vibrant places where people want to live and work is a key part of our mission to level up the country and is something I have supported for my entire career.

“The funding announced today will breathe fresh life into former industrial sites, creating thriving urban communities and building more homes so young people and families have the opportunity to get onto the housing ladder.

“Our levelling up plans for housing will be guided by this brownfield first approach, this includes the building of more self and custom build homes which will be a boost for small builders and create thousands of jobs.”

In addition, £4.45m of funding has also been awarded to 16 local areas under the One Public Estate (OPE) programme, which will support councils to work with central government and public sector partners to unlock public sector land for an additional 3,000 new homes over the next 10 years, creating 4,500 jobs.

Brownfield Land Release Fund (BLRF) and self & custom build funding (SCB)

Local authority Region BLRF SCB
Cheshire West and Chester NW 1,248,000 –
Plymouth City Council SW 612,675 220,000
Gosport Borough Council SE 2,200,000 –
Blackpool Council NW 170,000 –
City of Stoke-on-Trent WM 95,000 –
Bristol City Council SW – 142,903
City of Wolverhampton WM – 647,000
Eastbourne Borough Council SE – 85,000
Lewes District Council SE – 79,000
London Borough of Barking and Dagenham L – 895,000
London Borough of Enfield L – 628,000
Shropshire Council WM – 282,041
Sunderland City Council NE – 700,000
Total 8,004,619

One Public Estate Funding Awards

Partnership Total allocation
North Midlands £150,000
Tees Valley £100,000
West Yorkshire Combined Authority £242,000
West Midlands Combined Authority £325,000
Buckinghamshire Public Estate Partnership £370,000
Cambridge & Peterborough OPE Partnership Strategic Board £245,000
Norfolk OPE Partnership Board £385,000
One Public Estate – Essex Partnership £80,000
Berkshire £80,000
Isle of Wight £344,000
Wider Hampshire £300,000
Lewisham Health & Care Partnership (LHCP) Estates Steering Group £300,000
South London Partnership £415,000
The Barnet & Enfield OPE Board £450,000
Waltham Forest Partnership £325,000
West London OPE Board £340,000