Homes England has agreed its 10th Strategic Place Partnership (SPP), signing a new deal with the East Midlands Combined County Authority (EMCCA) to accelerate housing delivery and regeneration across the region.
The partnership is designed to give local leaders and communities closer access to Homes England’s expertise and funding tools, strengthening the agency’s ability to support place-based growth. With this agreement, Homes England now has strategic partnerships in place with local leaders across most of England and intends to expand this network further.
The SPP will make it easier for public and private sector partners to collaborate on major schemes, including Infinity Garden Village, one of 43 locations in the national Garden Communities programme. The project is set to deliver 4,530 new homes, a new secondary school and more than 3m sq ft of mixed employment space.
Amy Rees CB, chief executive of Homes England, said the agreement marks “a significant milestone in the way we work with Mayoral Strategic Authorities across England” and creates “a powerful framework that will unlock the region’s potential for sustainable growth.” She highlighted Nottingham’s Broad Marsh as an example of what can be achieved “when local knowledge meets national resources,” adding that the new SPP will help replicate that model across the East Midlands.
EMCCA mayor Claire Ward said the partnership underpins the authority’s ambition to deliver 100,000 new homes. She described housebuilding as “one of the most important ways that our investments will benefit local people,” linking new homes to inclusive growth, stronger communities and better jobs, infrastructure and regeneration.
Ward characterised the agreement as a long-term commitment to a “vibrant, fair, and forward-looking” East Midlands. She said working “hand in hand with Homes England” provides a solid foundation for large-scale delivery and a region residents can be proud to call home.
Homes England is already active in the East Midlands through schemes such as Broad Marsh in Nottingham. That project will bring forward 1,000 new homes, around 20,000 sq m of regenerated or new retail, office and community space, and an estimated 2,000 full-time jobs.
Commenting on Broad Marsh at the time of its acquisition, Homes England chief executive Eamonn Boylan said it represented “a major milestone in the city council’s vision of regeneration for this area of Nottingham.” He noted that the agency has been working with the council since 2022 and will now focus on securing a developer to deliver new homes, employment space and leisure facilities as part of a “vibrant city centre neighbourhood.”
