Development

More than Bricks and Mortar

We operate a housing development programme throughout our region of Devon and Cornwall. This includes affordable homes for rent, shared ownership homes and new homes for open market sale.  

We seek to do our part to address housing need and affordability in the south west where house prices are often at levels of 10-14 times that of average salaries.

As well as helping to provide affordable housing for local people, our development work creates and supports jobs in the region.

We work in partnership with Homes England, the local authorities in which we work, and of course our own customers and colleagues in order to provide safe, secure and high quality housing.

New residents deem Westward homes great quality

On average we build 150 homes every year and our housing stock is around 7,500 with properties being built throughout Devon and Cornwall. 

To ensure that the new homes meet residents’ expectations, we ask households to complete a survey 12 months after moving in. The satisfaction form we use is also used by a number of other housing associations so we can compare the results. 

Westward’s satisfaction rate is 100% for the internal design of our properties and feeling safe in their homes;  the majority of residents who returned surveys in 2020/21 were satisfied with the quality of their home. 

Residents are also asked to say what is more important to them in terms of their new homes.  The results show that the satisfaction with the homes we provide is high.  We also know through an analysis of our costs that these are lower than most other housing associations, so we are achieving value for money. We keep these standards under close review. Where there are direct questions in the survey, the results are given in the table: