Basildon approves 65 council-led affordable homes at Burstead development

Basildon Borough Council has approved a revised affordable-housing mix at its Burstead development, directly delivering 65 affordable homes with the council buying and managing most of them, while keeping affordable provision at 36% of the scheme. The change tilts the mix towards affordable rent to better match local need, with the homes integrated across the site and built to the same standard as the market housing. For Basildon buyers and renters, that means more genuinely affordable homes in the borough; for sellers in the surrounding wards, the added local supply is modest and unlikely to move prices.