Development
Building the business: not just bricks and mortar
Development
We operate a housing development programme throughout Devon and Cornwall. This includes affordable homes for rent, rent to buy and shared ownership.
We seek to do our part to address housing need and affordability in the south west where renting and home buying costs can far outstrip regional average salaries.
As well as helping to provide affordable housing for local people, our development work creates and supports jobs in the region.
We are a funded partner of Homes England working to increase the supply of affordable homes in England through the Social and Affordable Homes Programme.
We have a proven track record of successful development and land acquisition throughout Devon and Cornwall. Westward is committed to seeking new development opportunities in line with our business plan to deliver growth.
We work in partnership with our local authorities and, of course, our own customers in order to provide safe, secure and high quality housing.
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Molbrook, Nadder Lane, South Molton
Providing a mix of 10 social rent and shared ownership one-bed flats and family-sized homes.
Built by Wain Homes.
Phased handovers from: December 2024 through to 2028.
Growth strategy
Click to read the: Westward Growth Strategy 2025-2030
A map showing our latest development sites can be viewed here: Housing Stock Map. We work across local authorities throughout Devon and Cornwall.
Contact Development
We proactively seek discussions around land and new opportunities.
Contact Rachel Searle, Executive Director Property and Development.
Satisfaction with our new homes
New customers rate Westward homes as great quality
In recent years we have been building up to 100 homes per annum, adding to our housing stock of 7,600 properties throughout Devon and Cornwall.
To ensure that the new homes meet customers 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 91% for the internal design of our properties and 94% for feeling safe in their homes; the majority of customers who returned surveys in 2022/23 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:
| Ranking | Issue | Westward % |
| 1 | Feeling safe | 94% |
| 2 | Internal size of home | 91% |
| 3 | Layout of home | 94% |
| 4 | Internal facilities (heating etc) | 79% |
| 5 | Appearance of scheme / home | 94% |
| 6 | Local area | 94% |
| 7 | Gardens | 56% |
| 8 | Noise problems from inside the home | 9% |
| 9 | Layout of estate | 94% |
| 10 | Amount of storage | 67% |
| 11 | Repair service for defects (first 6 months) | 56% |
| Overall satisfaction rating | 88% |
Development site costs
| Scheme name | Total spend | Total grant | Financial year completed |
| St Peters Close | £1,202,435 | £591,000 | 2025 |
| Moses Close | £3,360,631 | £2,002,000 | 2025 |
| Launceston Road | £8,726,838 | £2,979,000 | 2023 |
| Newton Road | £4,402,726 | £1,266,108 | 2022 |
| Ham Green | £1,109,867 | £690,000 | 2022 |