{"id":5023530,"date":"2019-04-17T08:00:40","date_gmt":"2019-04-17T07:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.buyassociation.co.uk\/?p=5023530"},"modified":"2023-10-10T14:49:52","modified_gmt":"2023-10-10T13:49:52","slug":"archbishop-of-canterbury-backs-building-9000-new-homes-on-church-of-england-land","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/2019\/04\/17\/archbishop-of-canterbury-backs-building-9000-new-homes-on-church-of-england-land\/","title":{"rendered":"Archbishop of Canterbury backs building 9,000 new homes on Church of England land\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

In a newly published report by the\u00a0<\/span><\/b>Church Commissioners<\/span><\/i><\/b>\u00a0CoE\u00a0investment fund managers (CoE), the potential for 9000 new homes has been confirmed across 60 different sites owned by the Church of England.<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The excess land amounts to a total of 2,670 hectares across England. The head of the Church of England, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justine\u00a0Welby\u00a0is said to be in support of making church owned land available for the development of a total of 9,000 new homes, including 2,500 affordable houses.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Archbishop\u00a0Welby\u00a0said: \u201cBritain\u2019s housing crisis is one of the major challenges facing this country \u2013 and it is hitting the poorest the hardest. While there is already significant work being done to find solutions, the church has something unique to contribute.\u201d<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The\u00a0CoE\u00a0report also highlights that there is 40,648 hectares of excess land owned by the\u00a0<\/span>Church of England<\/span><\/i>\u00a0that could be earmarked to create more affordable housing.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

To date, the Church Commissioners group is responsible for investing circa \u00a3525m into housing in England.<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Seven case studies for new housing development projects in England are referenced in the report, where the\u00a0CoE\u00a0has already started new build schemes.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

One such project the report refers to is a new housing scheme in Essex, where the contractor Newham Deanery is working in partnership with the\u00a0<\/span>Greater London Authority<\/span><\/i>\u00a0(GLA) on the \u2018Innovation Project\u2019 in Chelmsford.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The construction of a further 600 affordable homes on sites owned by the Church of England is underway in Waltham Forest, Barking and Dagenham, Redbridge and Havering.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Leaders involved in heading up the\u00a0<\/span>Church Commission<\/span><\/i>\u00a0include<\/span>\u00a0Charlie Arbuthnot, a specialist advisor on financing social housing and the Bishop of Kensington Graham Tomlin, who\u00a0<\/span>raised awareness for housing needs following<\/span>\u00a0the Grenfell tower disaster.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The\u00a0CoE\u2019s\u00a0report includes an introduction from\u00a0<\/span>Mr Tomlin: \u201cThe\u00a0<\/span>Grenfell Tower<\/span><\/i>\u00a0disaster became almost at once a symbol of our country\u2019s housing crisis. The church \u2013 working with other public, private and voluntary organisations that share this vision \u2013 has a significant contribution to make in this area.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe have land and resources that can be used to help meet the need for more affordable housing. We have social capital that can be used to uphold people\u2019s right to a decent and secure home.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In a newly published report by the\u00a0Church Commissioners\u00a0CoE\u00a0investment fund managers (CoE), the potential for 9000 new homes has been confirmed across 60 different sites owned by the Church of England.\u00a0 The excess land amounts to a total of 2,670 hectares across England. The head of the Church of England, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justine\u00a0Welby\u00a0is said… Read more »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":217,"featured_media":5023536,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[61,4,6],"tags":[409],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5023530"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/217"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5023530"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5023530\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6097610,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5023530\/revisions\/6097610"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5023536"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5023530"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5023530"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5023530"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}