The Government has awarded £60m from the second tranche of brownfield land release funding to pave the way for 6,000 to be built.

The awards to councils from Hull to Somerset will support nearly 100 regeneration projects.

The investment is part of the second phase of the £180m Brownfield Land Release Fund, with cash going directly to councils so they can release the land and get building as soon as possible.

Projects that will benefit from the scheme include:

Newcastle: £1.82m to boost wider regeneration by releasing a complex site to deliver 146 build-to-rent homes for communities in Benwell and Scotswood.
Hull: delivering 99 new homes for affordable rent on the site of a derelict school, backed by £980,000 Government funding as part of the city centre regeneration.
Sunderland: turning a former riverside industrial site that has been unused for over 20 years into 140 low-carbon build to rent homes at Farringdon Row, with £1.8m for Sunderland Council to kick-start the project.

This builds on the success of the first round of Brownfield Land Release Fund 2, where funding is enabling the release of land for almost 2,400 homes.

To date, the fund is supporting at least 89 local authorities, over 160 projects, and providing almost £100m to support councils to release land for almost 8,600 homes.

Brownfield Land Release Fund Awards

East Suffolk District Council
£4.20m
Mid Devon   District Council
£0.66m

Medway Council
£3.97m
Arun District   Council
£0.63m

Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council
£3.15m
Stevenage Borough   Council
£0.60m

Sunderland City Council
£3.14m
London Borough of   Barnet
£0.58m

Salford City Council
£3.0m
Derby City   Council
£0.57m

Folkestone & Hythe District Council
£2.50m
Mole Valley   District Council
£0.56m

London Borough of Newham
£2.392m
London Borough of   Lewisham
£0.55m

Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council
£2.325m
Brighton and Hove
£0.53m

Maidstone Borough Council
£2.110m
Cornwall Council
£0.48m

Trafford Council
£1.930m
Dover District   Council
£0.48m

Basildon Borough Council
£1.860m
Gloucester City   Council
£0.48m

Newcastle upon Tyne City Council
£1.82m
Rotherham   Metropolitan Borough Council
£0.43m

Bury
£1.73m
Isle of Wight   Council
£0.43m

Rushmoor Borough Council
£1.73m
Rochdale   Metropolitan Borough Council
£0.43m

Lancaster City Council
£1.44m
Breckland Council
£0.43m

Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council
£1.37m
Burnley Borough   Council
£0.42m

Southampton City Council
£1.08m
Devon County   Council
£0.39m

Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council
£1.05m
Plymouth
£0.35m

Wigan Council
£1.04m
Oxford City   Council
£0.34m

Warwick District Council
£1.01m
New Forest   District Council
£0.32m

Kingston upon Hull City Council
£0.98m
Halton Borough   Council
£0.29m

Torbay
£0.95m
Adur
£0.27m

Swale Borough Council
£0.94m
Darlington   Borough Council
£0.26m

Sheffield City Council
£0.75m
Somerset Council
£0.21m

West Northamptonshire
£0.75m
Kirklees Council
£0.21m

Wyre Forest District Council
£0.72m
Bath & North   East Somerset Council
£0.20m

London Borough of Bromley
£0.72m
Warwickshire   County Council
£0.20m

Leicester City Council
£0.71m
London Borough of   Merton
£0.13m

Buckinghamshire Council
£0.69m
Bristol City   Council
£0.12m

Thanet District Council
£0.69m
Waverley Borough   Council
£0.12m

Applications for the final round of £80m funding are due in by Spring 2024.