Liverpool City Region signs England's first Place Delivery Agreement with Homes England

On 2 October 2026 the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority, Homes England and the National Housing Bank signed England’s first Place Delivery Agreement, a formal partnership designed to speed up the delivery of new homes, regeneration schemes and long-term economic growth across the region.

How the Place Delivery Agreement works

Place Delivery Agreements shift the relationship between national housing bodies and mayoral authorities from simple collaboration to joint co-delivery. A dedicated Joint Delivery Unit will bring together staff from Homes England, the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority and the National Housing Bank, operating under shared commitments and stronger accountability to the mayor.

Pillars and priorities

The agreement aligns national resources with three pillars set by the Liverpool City Region. The first, transformative growth, focuses on large-scale schemes such as the Liverpool North Docks Mayoral Development Corporation and the Central Station Gateway. The second, the housing pipeline, aims to maintain and enhance the flow of social, affordable and council homes to meet local demand. The third, tackling barriers, seeks to remove obstacles to delivery, including skills shortages, capacity constraints and challenges in industrialised construction, while encouraging place-based investment.

Projects set to benefit

Under the transformative growth pillar, the Liverpool North Docks Mayoral Development Corporation is expected to unlock around 17,000 homes and drive long-term change to the city’s northern waterfront. The Central Station Gateway project will support roughly 4,300 homes alongside commercial growth, connectivity improvements and regeneration across an 86-acre site in the city centre.

Mayor Steve Rotheram welcomed the deal, saying it provides a real opportunity to get more council and social homes built, to move stalled schemes forward and to focus investment where it can make the biggest difference. Pat Ritchie CBE, Chair of Homes England, added that the agreement deepens the partnership and will help re-wire the system to better support delivery of homes, regeneration and growth for the people of Liverpool.

Wider implications

The Place Delivery Agreement builds on the existing Strategic Place Partnership and forms part of the government’s wider devolution agenda. Homes England has signalled its intention to roll out similar agreements with every mayoral strategic authority in the coming weeks, aiming to embed the co-delivery model across England. For residents of Liverpool, the new arrangement promises a stronger local voice in shaping housing investment, faster progress on major regeneration projects and the mobilisation of additional private and institutional capital to support community growth.