Plus Dane Housing is a housing association with a social purpose. We employ over 500 people and provide homes to around 30,000 people across Merseyside and Cheshire. In 2021 we retained our V1/G1 status from the Regulator of Social Housing, meaning as a business we continue to operate to the highest standards of governance and viability.
We have a long, large-scale development programme with 320 homes built so far in the 2016/21 Shared Ownership Affordable Homes Programme that sees us investing £44.8 million with a grant contribution of over £12 million from Homes England.
In the latest 2021/26 programme, we have a planned pipeline to build 1,450 properties over the next five years with 718 committed to date.
Plus Dane Housing Development Director, Chris McAllister, said: “We are continuing to focus on key areas for delivery in Merseyside and Cheshire with a balance of developments on greenfield and brownfield sites, on both our own sites and those of partner housebuilders through s106 and direct purchase.
“Key to our developments is creating opportunities within the communities we work, through our social value framework. We work with partners to create learning and work opportunities for the local community.
“A number of our current schemes have kickstarted our journey to carbon reduction and MMC through using lightweight steel gauge construction methods, high levels of insulation and air source heat pumps.
“Our specific challenges in securing a healthy pipeline for new developments include balancing the availability of suitable and affordable land and build costs against ensuring that our properties are truly affordable for customers.”
Value
No of homes
Homes England
Contractor
Architect
£14.9 million
77 Extra Care Apartments
£4,235,000
Vistry
JDA
Value
£14.9 million
No of homes
77 Extra Care Apartments
Homes England
£4,235,000
Contractor
Vistry
Architect
JDA
Value
No of homes
Homes England
Contractor
Architect
£4.4 million
32
£1.4 million
Penny Lane Builders
Halsall Lloyd Partnership
Value
£4.4 million
No of homes
32
Homes England
£1.4 million
Contractor
Penny Lane Builders
Architect
Halsall Lloyd Partnership
Value
No of homes
Homes England
Contractor
Architect
£22.7 million
159 flats and houses
£3.2 million
Watkins Jones
Section 106
Value
£22.7 million
No of homes
159 flats and houses
Homes England
£3.2 million
Contractor
Watkins Jones
Architect
Section 106
Value
No of homes
Homes England
Contractor
Architect
£6.2 million
39 1 and 2-bed flats
£2.6 million
Penny Lane Builders
Halsall Lloyd Partnership
Value
£6.2 million
No of homes
39 1 and 2-bed flats
Homes England
£2.6 million
Contractor
Penny Lane Builders
Architect
Halsall Lloyd Partnership
Delivering a long-term sustainable future is one of the strategic objectives of our current corporate plan. At the heart of this will be our strong environmental credentials.
We are the first housing association to use a special framework, the PfH Social Housing Emerging Disruptors (SHED), giving us access to new, cutting edge technology to upgrade our properties, and we look forward to making use of exciting innovations in future.
Our ambition is to tackle social inequality by enabling individuals and communities to thrive. We are a mission-led organisation and our values drive how we do things right across the organisation. As a responsible business, social value is at the core of everything we do.
We recognise and deliver social value directly, in the services that we provide for our customers, and in the communities that we work with, through the procurement and commissioning of goods, works and services and in partnership with other organisations, enterprises and individual people.
In the simplest terms, through the implementation of our social value framework we are looking to deliver greater improvement to the economy, society and the environment in neighbourhoods where we own and manage homes.