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East Midlands Combined County Authority mayor Claire Ward

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire will get 789 more homes as part of a scheme to regenerate abandoned land. It comes after central government afforded a further £19.7m to the East Midlands Combined County Authority (EMCCA).

The houses, on which work has to begin by 2029, will be in addition to the near 1400 already planned courtesy of EMCCA’s Brownfield Housing Fund (BHF). EMCCA secured an initial £16.8m for the BHF in 2024, not long after the authority had been set up, to split between a number of developers with plans for housing schemes all over the region.

For schemes funded by that pot, contracts must be in place by March 2026, with a view to building work beginning in March 2027. EMCCA interim Programme and Housing Lead

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