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• 100 regeneration projects will support thousands of new jobs and boost communities.
• Second phase of 180m Brownfield Land Release Fund will unlock sites as part of the long-term plan for housing.
• Government on track to meet manifesto commitment of one million new homes this Parliament.

More than 6,000 new homes will be built on brownfield sites, through money given to councils to transform unused land into beautiful and thriving neighbourhoods.

Across the country, from Hull to Somerset, nearly 100 regeneration projects will receive 60 million from the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities.

The investment is part of the second phase of the 180 million Brownfield Land Release Fund, with cash going directly to councils so they can release the land and get building as soon as possible.

Derelict car parks, industrial sites and town centre buildings that have fallen into disrepair will all benefit from the new funding, with the Government supporting communities to bring land back into use.

The Government has been clear it has a brownfield-first approach to building the homes this country needs through its long-term plan for housing and todays announcement will help deliver that.

Minister for Housing and Planning, Rachel Maclean MP said:

We know we need to build more homes, but this cannot come at the expense of concreting over our precious countryside.

That is why we are doing all we can to make sure were making use of wasteland and unused brownfield land, so we can turn these eyesores into beautiful and thriving communities.

This is all part of our long-term plan for housing making sure we deliver the homes we need across the country.

Cabinet Office Minister, Alex Burghart MP:

This funding will unleash the much-needed redevelopment of brownfield sites: stimulating growth and helping local areas reach their full potential.

Its fantastic news for business, and even better news for local people who will now see new investment, job opportunities, and family homes in their communities.

Projects that will benefit from the scheme include:

• Newcastle: 1.82 million to boost wider regeneration by releasing a complex site to deliver 146 build-to-rent homes for communities in Benwell and Scotswood.
• Hull: delivering 99 new homes for affordable rent on the site of a derelict school, backed by 980,000 Government funding as part of the city centre regeneration.
• Sunderland: turning a former riverside industrial site that has been unused for over 20 years into 140 low-carbon build to rent homes at Farringdon Row, with 1.8 million for Sunderland Council to kick-start the project.

Councillor Shaun Davies, Chair of the Local Government Association, said:

We are delighted to continue our work with DLUHC, supporting councils to access the Brownfield Land Release Fund.

Councils have continued to embrace opportunities to bring brownfield sites in their ownership forward for housing, and this fund plays a key role in helping councils to provide the types of homes their communities really need.

This builds on the success of the first round of Brownfield Land Release Fund 2, where funding is enabling the release of land for almost 2,400 homes.

To date, the fund is supporting at least 89 local authorities, over 160 projects, and providing almost 100 million to support councils to release land for almost 8,600 homes. At the same time, the 1 billion Brownfield, Infrastructure and Land Fund will unlock up to 65,000 new homes across England.

The next round of funding through Brownfield Land Release Fund 2 will be announced later this year.

The fund is part of the Governments long-term plan for housing, setting out how it will deliver its manifesto commitment of 1 million homes over this Parliament. This is backed by 10 billion in housing supply interventions announced over this Parliament.

Further information

The department is also confirming today that South Ribble and Cornwall councils have received funding from phase one of the brownfield fund.

As with the previous scheme, this fund will be delivered through the One Public Estate - a partnership between the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, the Office of Government Property and the Local Government Association. Find out more about the latest One Public Estate funding.

Funding allocations

	Local Authority	Total Funding BLRF Award ()
1	Adur	268,485
2	Arun District Council	628,322
3	Basildon Borough Council	1,860,357
4	Bath & North East Somerset Council	204,375
5	Breckland Council	425,000
6	Brighton and Hove	526,400
7	Bristol City Council	124,482
8	Buckinghamshire Council	690,000
9	Burnley Borough Council	416,312
10	Bury	1,731,015
11	Cornwall Council	485,040
12	Darlington Borough Council	262,450
13	Derby City Council	570, 686
14	Devon County Council	386,000
15	Dover District Council	480,000
16	East Suffolk District Council	4,203,800
17	Folkestone & Hythe District Council	2,500,000
18	Gloucester City Council	477,903
19	Halton Borough Council	291,000
20	Isle of Wight Council	426,639
21	Kingston upon Hull City Council	980,000
22	Kirklees Council	210,100
23	Lancaster City Council	1,439,016
24	Leicester City Council	713,435
25	London Borough of Barnet	575,000
26	London Borough of Bromley	720,000
27	London Borough of Lewisham	545,778
28	London Borough of Merton	130,000
29	London Borough of Newham	2,391,974
30	Maidstone Borough Council	2,109,860
31	Medway Council	3,968,371
32	Mid Devon District Council	660,000
33	Mole Valley District Council	560,000
34	New Forest District Council	324,303
35	Newcastle upon Tyne City Council	1,819,123
36	Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council	3,151,226
37	Oxford City Council	340,213
38	Plymouth	353,250
39	Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council	425,951
40	Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council	431,746
41	Rushmoor Borough Council	1,725,636
42	Salford City Council	3,000,000
43	Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council	1,371,193
44	Sheffield City Council	753, 944
45	Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council	1,050,000
46	Somerset Council	213,800
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