Basildon secures £7.7m Homes England grant to deliver 105 affordable homes on former Car Park 14
Basildon Council and its housebuilder Sempra Homes have secured £7.68m from Homes England towards Chapelgate — 105 affordable homes, 70 of them council-owned, on the former Car Park 14 off Laindon Link. The grant, with earlier brownfield funding, unlocks a scheme redrawn from an abandoned 233-home tower after local objections. For Basildon buyers and renters it adds social-rent, shared-ownership and private-sale homes to tight town-centre supply; for local sellers, more completions could modestly broaden nearby choice. It is one brownfield scheme, not a step-change in Basildon supply.
What this means for…
Buyers· 2/3
Sellers· 1/3
Wider market· 1/3
Each axis scored 1 (minor) to 3 (major). Total 4/9.
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