Up to £180 million Brownfield Land Release Fund (BLRF2) capital grant funding is available to all constituent English councils over a three-year period to support the release of council-owned brownfield land for housing. Round Two funding is open to applications.
At the Spending Review 2021, the Chancellor announced a £1.8 billion package of investment to regenerate communities and level-up the country, unlocking new homes on derelict and underused brownfield land.
Up to £180 million BLRF2 capital grant funding is available to all constituent English councils over a three-year period to support the release of council-owned brownfield land for housing. There will be at least three rounds where applications for requests for BLRF2 funding will be open between 2022 – 2025. The first round provided almost £35m of funding.
Round Two funding is open to applications, with up to £60m available to councils in this round.
The BLRF2 will support levelling up ambitions by releasing land for new homes. The fund will support regeneration in places that need it, restoring a sense of community and local pride and spreading opportunity across England so that every place can realise its potential.
The funding will be administered through the One Public Estate (OPE) programme.
