Providing new homes

Overview

Providing decent, sufficient and affordable housing is one of the priorities in our Council Plan 2025-2028.

We have a high level of need for affordable housing in Derby so look at opportunities to build or acquire new homes.

We aim to meet the Future Homes Standard and most of our new homes are designed with high levels of insulation, solar panels and air source heat pumps. This helps to keep bills low for residents and reduces carbon emissions in line with our Climate Change Action Plan.

We have our own development programme as well as working with other registered providers in the city. Our target is to deliver an average of 100 new homes a year through our own programme. This includes some homes that we buy on the open market, some that we build ourselves and some that we acquire from developers.

All properties for rent will be advertised on Derby Homefinder when they are available – we do not take other enquiries on availability.

You can find details of some of our development sites on the following pages.

If you need to contact us about the construction or planning of sites, please email housing.development@derby.gov.uk.

Warwick House, Littleover

Mercer Building Solutions have built 22 new Council homes for rent on this site of a former care home, with a mixture of one, two and four bedrooms. The homes have a high level of energy efficiency, to reduce carbon emissions and keep bills low.

Work started on site in October 2024 and was completed in April 2026.

New homes at Grindleford Close, Littleover

Warwick House build, Littleover April 2025

The Knoll, Sunny Hill

This site formerly housed a care home, but had been vacant for many years and become very overgrown. Mercer Building Solutions have built 17 houses for us on this site, with a mixture of 1, 2 and 4 bedrooms. Work began in July 2024 and was completed in January 2026. This site is partly funded by the Brownfield Land Release Fund through the One Public Estate partnership.

We have re-opened the pedestrian access to Normanton Lodge, with improved lighting and security for residents. There is also extensive planting, to create a habitat area around the perimeter of the site. 

In addition, we will be carrying out works to stabilise and repair the historic wall running along the Stenson Road boundary.

We thank local residents for their patience while the footpath has been closed for safety reasons, pending these repair works.

Drewry Lane car park, central Derby

This site was a car park that got very little use. We decided to redevelop the site to provide six 2 bedroom houses and six 1 bedroom apartments. Due to noise from the inner ring road, the properties are designed with enhanced glazing and Mechanical Ventilation with Heat Recovery (MVHR).

The new homes were completed for the Council by Mercer Building Solutions in April 2026.

This site is partly funded by the Brownfield Land Release Fund through the One Public Estate partnership.

New homes at Drewry Lane

Barlow Street, Osmaston

Barlow Street housing under construction, September 2025

Tanbry Construction is currently working on this site to create 12 three bedroom apartments for rent. These will be highly efficient properties with electric heating.

Work is due to be completed in summer 2026.

Barlow Street 3D, Osmaston 

Blackmore Street, Sunny Hill

Mercer Building Solutions began work here in summer 2025 on a major development of 36 bungalows. The bungalows will be a mixture of one, two and three bedrooms, and will be easily adaptable over time as peoples’ needs change. They will be highly insulated and energy efficient to keep costs as low as possible for residents.

We expect that some will be attractive to Council tenants looking to downsize, who would then release a Council home for another family.

The development is due to be completed in early 2027.

Blackmore Street 3D, Sunny Hill

Heron Way, Mickleover

We are working on plans to redevelop the site of the former Bramblebrook House care home for up to 90 Extra Care apartments for social rent. These will be designed to create a great community for older and disabled people, in an attractive location between Mickleover district centre and the Royal Derby Hospital.

This is a major investment and the project is still at an early stage. In the coming months we are planning to appoint a main contractor to develop our concept designs and secure planning permission. We will also need to secure funding from the national Social and Affordable Homes Programme. Our aim is to start work on site in 2027 and complete the development in 2029.

We are planning to give local residents a chance to tell us what they think of the proposals before we submit the planning application and we have begun to engage with the Access, Equality and Inclusion Hub and the 60 Plus Forum, to make sure we get the design right. 

For more details, please contact housing.development@derby.gov.uk.

Future council housing developments

We regularly review Council property that may be surplus to requirements, to see if we could redevelop it to provide new homes. Sometimes it takes a long time before we can start building on a site. We need to investigate issues such as land ownership and title, and technical matters like noise or flood risk that may affect whether we can get planning permission.

Here are some of the projects we are currently working on.

Duke Street, central Derby

This site overlooks the River Derwent. We now have planning permission for twelve townhouses. These are an innovative design, with no habitable rooms on the ground floor, to mitigate the residual risk of flooding. We are working to discharge the planning conditions and appoint a contractor to build the new homes.

Crompton Street, central Derby

This is a former garage site which attracted a lot of fly tipping and anti-social behaviour. Scope Construction are currently building six apartments for the Council here, which are due to be completed in summer 2027.

Oaklands Avenue / Blagreaves Avenue, Littleover

This site was a hardstanding at the corner of a parade of shops. Scope Construction are currently building a further six apartments for the Council here, which are due to be completed in summer 2027.

Bute Walk, Chaddesden

This is a former children’s home. We have planning permission to build five houses here. We plan to demolish the existing building in summer 2025 and begin building in 2026.This is a former children’s home. We have secured planning permission for five new houses here. Geda Construction will be starting work on site later in 2026, and aim to complete the development by autumn 2027.

Bateman Street, Osmaston

This was the former site of Ivy House School, and is now disused. We have secured planning permission for 18 new houses here. We are now progressing with the scheme with an aim to start work on site in 2027, subject to Cabinet approval.

Beaufort Street, Chaddesden

This was the site of Beaufort Business Centre and has been vacant for a long time. We have secured planning permission for 28 new houses here. We are now progressing with the scheme with an aim to start work on site in 2027, subject to Cabinet approval.