Platform Housing Group completed 122 new affordable homes across Gloucestershire during 2025/26 as part of its strongest delivery performance in more than five years.

The homes formed part of a record year which saw the social landlord complete 1,380 homes across England, helping the group climb from tenth to eighth place nationally in Inside Housing’s annual Biggest Builders Survey.

Across Gloucestershire, Platform:

• Completed 122 new homes

• Started work on 557 more

• Delivered 66 affordable rent homes

• Delivered 51 shared ownership homes

• Completed five social rent homes

• Started 199 shared ownership homes

• Started 292 social rent homes.

Gerraint Oakley, Platform’s Chief Growth and Development Officer, said: “Gloucestershire remains an important area for Platform and we’re proud to be delivering homes that meet a wide range of local housing needs, from affordable rent through to shared ownership.

“The strong pipeline of homes under construction demonstrates our long-term commitment to investing in communities across the county.”

One such development is Ellwood Road in Coleford, an £11 million affordable housing development that will provide much-needed homes for local people.

The Group is delivering 47 affordable homes at the development in partnership with Edenstone Group, Forest of Dean District Council and Homes England.

The development comprises 24 homes for affordable rent, 19 shared ownership homes and four Rent to Buy properties, with all homes expected to be occupied by November.

Supported by £4 million of funding from Homes England through Platform’s strategic partnership, every property has been designed to be energy efficient and future ready, with gas free heating provided by air source heat pumps.

The group currently owns and manages more than 51,000 homes across the Midlands and expects to complete approximately 1,600 further homes during 2026/27.