Council acts to deliver much needed homes

As a Council, we are committed to tackling the housing crisis by delivering much needed homes. We want to ensure that new housing developments offer a wide range of secure tenures to meet differing needs and levels of affordability.

We want to make sure that development happens, but that it takes place with consideration for the local area and the needs of the wider community.

We are doing this in a number of ways, here are some examples:

Necessary infrastructure such as transport links before development

Bursledon Road (former car boot sale site): Buying this land means we can help ease congestion on Hamble Lane by building a new road into the

development. We will also keep open green space and maintain the gap with Southampton.

As the land owner, we can ensure that the new road is built before the houses are occupied. The entry from the Lionheart Way mini-roundabout on Hamble Lane will be closed and access to the new development will be from Bursledon Road. We made sure that a ‘haul road’ was put in place to keep construction traffic off Hamble Lane. We have also made sure that around 60 of the homes are affordable housing.

Meeting local housing need and ensuring homes are delivered

Woodside Avenue, Eastleigh: We’re delivering 94 homes for market and affordable rent in partnership with affordable housing provider, VIVID. Read the stories of some of the residents on page 5 opposite.

North Stoneham, Eastleigh: Providing 146 homes as a joint initiative with affordable housing provider, VIVID to provide long term market rental properties in addition to 196 affordable homes.

The Willows, Hatch Farm, West End: Delivering 98 homes for market and affordable rent, as well as market sale in partnership with affordable housing provider, Radian.

Horton Heath: We have bought an area of development land (with outline planning permission) with a view to developing a new community of around 1,400 homes. As owner of the land, we can shape the development in terms of quality, mix and tenure of new homes together with the needs of the new community such as local facilities amenities and transport links. The site to the south and west of Horton Heath including Chalcroft Farm

and Fir Tree Farm will receive a grant of around £10 million from Homes England as part of their accelerated construction programme.

Ensuring the right homes are in the right places

The Council has successfully refused applications for unsustainable development on land across the Borough and defended its decisions at independent inquiries, this includes Mallards Road, Bursledon; Grange Road, Netley; and land at Bubb Lane, Hedge End.