Developing affordable homes
Tackling the housing crisis
The latest research from the National Housing Federation shows
the South West to be the most unaffordable place to buy a home in
the UK. It is the only region with above average house prices, but
below average incomes. Over the last five years, the explosion of
housing need has led to the number of households on affordable
waiting lists growing by nearly 50 per cent – affordable home
building is running at less than half the level required to match
this need.
Somer is one of the Housing Corporation’s
investment partners delivering a programme of new affordable homes
across the South West. It has a number of key local authority
partnerships and is one of four strategic development partners
within Homes West delivering new homes in the West of
England.
Funded development pipeline
This table shows a summary of the schemes we are working on.
Redland Housing Association
| Scheme |
Homes and tenure |
Local Authority |
| Old Street, Clevedon |
5 GN |
North Somerset |
| Hareclive Rd, Bristol |
7 NBH |
Bristol |
| Church Rd, Bristol |
7 NBH |
Bristol |
Chancellors Park,
Long Ashton
(Phase 2) |
8 GN, 2 NBH |
North Somerset |
| North Street, Bristol |
10 GN, 3 NBH |
Bristol |
| Davis Close, Bridgwater |
8 NBH |
Sedgemoor |
| Marsh St, Bristol |
11 GN, 3 NBH |
Bristol |
| Amelia Nutt, Bristol |
12 GN, 12 NBH |
Bristol |
NBH = new build homebuy, GN = general needs
rented
Somer Community Housing Trust
| Scheme |
Homes and tenure |
Local Authority |
| *3 & 4 Longacre, Bath |
10 supported |
B&NES |
| Berkeley Gardens, Keynsham |
2 GN |
B&NES |
| Brassmill Lane, Bath |
3 GN |
B&NES |
| Bryants Avenue |
10 GN |
B&NES |
| Caernarvon Road, Keynsham |
23 GN, 17 NBH |
B&NES |
| Catherine Way, Batheaston |
4 GN |
B&NES |
| Charlton Road, Keynsham |
4 GN, 13 NBH |
B&NES |
| Charnhill Drive |
12 GN, 3 NBH |
South Glos |
| Cheswick Village (Hewlett Packard site), Bristol |
225 GN, 150 NBH |
Bristol / South Glos |
| **Connaught Road, Bristol - Phase 3 |
6 NBH |
Bristol |
| **Connaught Road, Bristol - Phase 4 |
6 GN |
Bristol |
| **Connaught Road, Bristol - Phase 5 |
6 NBH |
Bristol |
| **Connaught Road, Bristol - Phase 6/7 |
7 NBH |
Bristol |
| **Connaught Road, Bristol - Phase 8/9 |
8 NBH |
Bristol |
| Cuprinol site, Frome |
13 GN |
Mendip |
| Dallas Road, Oval |
15 GN |
North Wilts |
| Goose St, Southwick |
2 GN |
West Wilts |
| Halfway Cottage, Trowbridge |
30 GN, 16 NBH |
West Wilts |
| Hawthorns, Keynsham |
30 Extra Care places |
B&NES |
| Kingsmill North |
15 GN, 12 NBH |
Cotswold |
| Lucent Technology |
4 GN |
South Glos |
| **Mega Bowl, Bristol |
36 GN, 10 NBH |
Bristol |
| Mountainwood, Bathford |
3 GN |
B&NES |
| Polestar Purnell, Paulton |
16 GN, 16 NBH |
B&NES |
| **Ridgeway Lane, Whitchurch |
9 GN |
Bristol |
| Rose Pablio House |
10 GN, 12 NBH |
Bristol |
| Severn Road (24) |
8 GN |
North Somerset |
| Southgate, Bath |
15 GN, 10 NBH |
B&NES |
| Temple Cloud |
7 GN |
B&NES |
| Thornbury Cattlemarket, Thornbury |
14 GN, 2 NBH |
South Glos |
| Thornbury Cattlemarket, Thornbury - Phase 2 |
12 GN |
South Glos |
| Ushers Brewery, Trowbridge |
18 GN |
West Wilts |
| Western Riverside, Bath (Phase 1) |
54 GN, 39 NBH |
B&NES |
NBH = new build homebuy, GN = general needs
rented
* This scheme is being developed for Shape
Housing Association.
**This scheme will be managed by Redland and funded and
owned by the Trust.
Housing Corporation
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For more information, contact development@somer.org.uk