Successful places with homes and jobs A NATIONAL AGENCY WORKING LOCALLY Housing: meeting the challenge, making an impact Ian Knight, head of area, Devon, Cornwall Somerset, HCA Housing: building a stronger economy Cranbrook, 19 November 2014
Jul 10, 2015
Successful places
with homes and jobs
A NATIONAL
AGENCY
WORKING
LOCALLY
Housing: meeting the
challenge, making an
impact
Ian Knight, head of area, Devon, Cornwall
Somerset, HCA
Housing: building a stronger economy
Cranbrook, 19 November 2014
Understanding the South and
South West
Population: 8,721m
More than
40% live
in rural
areas
More than
1 in 5 people…
are 60+
The housing challenge: affordability
Source: DCLG
Housing Completions, England, 1946 - 2012
0
50,000
100,000
150,000
200,000
250,000
300,000
350,000
400,000
19461949
19521955
19581961
19641967
19701973
19761979
19821985
19881991
19941997
20002003
20062009
2012
Private Enterprise
Housing Associations
Local Authorities
The need for housing:
a long-running issue
To meet household projection
Why housing matters: construction
contributes around 8% of GDP, housing
accounts for 3%
Source: DCLG / BBC
It is estimated that one construction job
supports 0.78 elsewhere
Source: DCLG / BBC
For every £1m of housing output, 20 workers
are needed for a year
Source: DCLG / BBC
Housing impact in the
South and South West
Total starts Total completions
2012/13 2013/14
4,676
(target 3,964) 6,867
(target 6,303)
2012/13
6,803
(target 4,846)
2013/14
6,470
(target 5,812)
24.6%
of national
output
22.7%
of national
output
* excludes Help to Buy sales of 3,283 (to
date) and FirstBuy sales of 1,572 (2012/13)
Housing impact in the
South and South West
* Including residual FirstBuy
Help to Buy
completions *
574 3,783 734
Rural completions
Get Britain Building
completions
19.5%
of national
output
18.4%
of national
output
29.5%
of national
output
16.4% of England’s population live in South and South West operational area
Affordable Homes Programme 2015/18
An opportunity for partners in
the South and South West
Building on success:
affordable homes in Cornwall
Unlocking large housing sites
Cranbrook: £20m to deliver 1,500
jobs, education complex and
6,300 homes
Sherford, near Plymouth: £32m
loan to support building of 5,500
homes, employment space and
schools
Tadpole Farm, Swindon: £5.2m
loan to accelerate building of
1,695 homes
Great Western Park, Didcot: £42m
to step up the pace of 3,300 home
urban extension
Wokingham: £24.7m loan to
unlock a site for 2,500 homes,
two schools, a neighbourhood
centre, shops and specialist
research park
Wellesley Former Aldershot
Garrison: £10.9m for highways
and environmental works to
support building of 3,850
homes
East Anton Farm, Andover:
£15.1m for roads and works to
support 2,500 new homes
across site
£1.5bn Local Infrastructure Fund Approved local schemes
Delivering at Cranbrook, Devon
Investing in development
Increasing private sector housing
starts through equity loans and
other market interventions:
£1bn Build to Rent
£570m Get Britain Building
£525m Builders Finance Fund
£10bn Guarantees – linked to
£500m AHP funding for new
housing delivery
Significantly increasing DCLG
loan portfolio
£9.5bn Help to Buy to support
aspiration
Making a difference: Bath Riverside
Stalled for more than 25 years
Largest development
opportunities in Bath
Up to 2,000 homes and 3,000
jobs
HCA investment and support
Bath Riverside
First phase complete
Part of City of Ideas
Enterprise Area
Supported by a range of
measures:
- £6m National Affordable
Housing Programme and
£2m infrastructure in
phase one
- £2.8m Get Britain Building
investment in phase two
- Help to Buy across site
- Local authority, LEP and
former RDA support
Making a difference:
Centenary Quay, Southampton
£500m redevelopment of former shipyard
More than 1,600 new homes and 1,000 jobs to Southampton
Investment in affordable and private housing using range of
programme
Local homes matter,
so let’s keep delivering!
Any questions?
/homes-&-communities-agency
@HCA_UK