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RNS Number : 9579V  Boot(Henry) PLC  20 August 2025

Henry Boot secures outline planning consent for 2,470 homes across two sites
in Staffordshire and Hampshire

 

Henry Boot announces that its land promotion and planning business, Hallam
Land, has secured outline planning permission for 1,270 homes in Tamworth,
Staffordshire, and a further 1,200 plots granted on appeal in Fareham,
Hampshire.

At Tamworth, Hallam Land reached an agreement with the landowners to promote
the site in 2016. A planning application was first submitted in 2018, with the
site receiving an allocation for housing in the North Warwickshire Local Plan
in 2021, before Hallam Land secured an outline planning consent in June 2025.

The planning consent provides for 1,270 homes of which 30% are affordable, a
100-unit extra care facility, a local community centre alongside a primary
school and sports pitches. A Biodiversity Net Gain of over 10% has also been
forecast for surrounding habitats. Hallam Land has been marketing the site
with the landowner's agents and is now in advanced contract negotiations for
sale to a major housebuilder.

In 2008, at the site in Fareham, Hallam Land entered into a planning promotion
agreement with the landowners for an area that has since become significant
for local housing supply. Hallam Land submitted a planning application in July
2020, and the site was allocated in Fareham Borough Council's Local Plan in
April 2023, the largest allocation in the Plan.

Fareham Borough Council failed to make a timely decision on the application,
which led to Hallam Land appealing in August 2024 based on non-determination.
The appeal was subsequently recovered by the Secretary of State in October
2024 and consent was granted in July 2025.

In addition to the 1,200 homes, of which 40% are affordable, the consent will
deliver an 80 bed care home, a two-form entry primary school, a community
centre and a new country park which includes a 10 hectare bird reserve. The
scheme provides biodiversity and nitrates credits to release other
developments in the local area including, potentially, the Council's Town
Centre redevelopment project.

Hallam Land will commence marketing the site for sale this month and expects
strong interest in the opportunity.

Hallam Land currently has active appeals on four other sites, totalling around
1,300 residential plots.  Hallam has now achieved planning on c.2,500 plots
in the year to date, and it continues to progress numerous applications with a
target of submitting 10,000 plots this year.

Tim Roberts, CEO at Henry Boot, commented: "Securing planning consent for
nearly 2,500 homes is a clear testament to our team's expertise in unlocking
complex sites for development. The approvals also signal renewed momentum in
the planning system following the government's reaffirmed commitment to
removing planning barriers and tackling the nationwide housing shortage. It is
a strong indicator that well-considered schemes in the right locations will be
approved, and we expect strong buyer interest as we bring them to market,
enabling us to unlock the value we have secured on behalf of our
shareholders."

 

ENDS

Notes to editors

Henry Boot is one of the UK's leading land, property development, home
building and construction businesses - and we've been transforming land and
spaces since 1886. Listed on the London Stock Exchange since 1919, we're
renowned for quality, expertise, delivery and a partnership approach across
the group - which comprises, Hallam Land, HBD, Stonebridge Homes, Henry Boot
Construction, Banner Plant and Road Link.

 

Operating across the UK, and employing over 500 people, we focus on three key
markets: urban development, industrial and logistics and residential. Hallam
Land manages one of the top five largest land portfolios in the country, with
the potential to facilitate over 100,000 homes. HBD manages a development
pipeline of £1.2bn, the equivalent of 6m sq ft of developments across our key
markets, while maintaining a £107m investment portfolio, of which 72% of the
properties have an EPC rating of 'C' or higher. Stonebridge, our jointly owned
home building business, manages a land portfolio capable of delivering
1,700 homes, with an ambition to deliver up to 600 new homes a year.

 

Henry Boot Construction has extensive experience in both the public and
private sectors, including major projects such as the £200m regeneration of
Barnsley town centre, and The Cocoa Works, a £57m residential development in
York. For over 65 years, Banner Plant has supplied construction products and
services, operating from seven regional depots in the North of England.

 

We have also developed an ambitious Responsible Business Strategy to help us
meet our aim of being Net Zero Carbon by 2030, and to deliver, by 2025,
charitable, community and education work valued at £1m.

 

From land promotion, property development and investment to home building,
construction and plant hire, Henry Boot is where great places start.

 

henryboot.co.uk (http://www.henryboot.co.uk/)

 

Enquiries

 

FTI Consulting

Richard Sunderland / Giles Barrie

07894 797067 / 07798 926814

henryboot@fticonsulting.com

 

Henry Boot PLC

Tim Roberts, Chief Executive Officer

Darren Littlewood, Chief Financial Officer

Daniel Boot, Senior Corporate Communications Manager

07825 088807

dboot@henryboot.co.uk

henryboot.co.uk

 

Deutsche Numis

Joint Corporate Broker

Oliver Hardy

0207 260 1000

 

Peel Hunt LLP

Joint Corporate Broker

Ed Allsopp / Pete Mackie

0207 418 8900

 

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