Farnborough Road Development (Birmingham)

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The Farnborough Road site is one of three major redevelopment areas within Castle Vale, which was the largest housing estate built in Birmingham in the 1960s. The edevelopment was led by Castle Vale Housing Action Trust (CVHAT), a a public sector agency set up to regenerate the estate and to reverse many decades of physical, social and economic decline. The trust was set up in 1993 and completed its 12-year, £300 million regeneration programme in March 2005.

The Farnborough Road site lay on an existing open playing field, and also replaced six tower blocks. The new development comprises 237 new flats, houses and bungalows, with the playing fields repositioned to the east of the development.

Most of the homes provide accommodation for tenants of the social landlord. However, the rehousing programme was so successful in providing accommodation for former tenants that the trust was left with a surplus of homes. It was able to sell 26 on the private market and these sold extremely quickly.

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