Housing Minister Mark Prisk today named the projects set to gain a share of the Local Infrastructure Fund, which has a total budget of £474m.

The Homes and Communities Agency funding programme for large-scale planned sites is being targeted at schemes of over 1,500 homes that could deliver real benefits to their communities, but are struggling to move forward.

HCA staff will now commence due diligence with the shortlisted bidders to determine the final investment and numbers of homes being supported.

Prisk said: “This government is determined to get Britain building again. That’s why we are working with local housing schemes that have their plans in place, but need help to move forward.

“Our support through the Local Infrastructure Fund will help deliver the homes this country needs, create thousands of jobs and inject millions of pounds of investment into local economies.”

Support for these housing schemes will build on the deals made to unlock over 42,000 homes through the large sites programme, at Sherford near Plymouth, Cranbrook near Exeter, Fairfield near Milton Keynes and Wokingham.

Major housing schemes to be funded

Site Name	Applicant	Local Authority
Chilmington Green, Ashford, Kent	Barratt	Ashford
Crab Hill Wantage	Lands Improvement	Vale of White Horse
East Anton Farm Andover	Taylor Wimpey	TestValley
East Kettering	Alledge Brook LLP	Kettering
Filton Airfield and surrounds	Bridgehouse	South Gloucestershire
Grantham Southern Quadrant Sustainable Urban Extension	Buckminster Trust	South Kesteven
GreatWestern Park, Didcot	Taylor Wimpey	South Oxfordshire
Kilnwood Vale	Crest Nicholson	Horsham
Land North of Bromham Rd, Biddenham, Bedford	Hallam Land Management Ltd	Bedford
MedwayValley	Trenport Investments	Tonbridge and Malling
Monkerton/Pinhoe/Titbebarn Green	Exeterand East Devon Growth Point	Exeter
North Bank East, Wirral Waters	Peel Holdings	Wirral
ParklandsVillage	North SomersetCouncil	North Somerset
Waverley	Harworth Estates	Rotherham