A new regeneration company has been set up to build out 3,500 homes across the south coast towns of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole.

The FuturePlaces urban regeneration company has been created by the newly formed unitary council covering the neighbouring towns, and is to be headed up by a key advisor to the government’s Building Better, Building Beautiful Commission, and delivered in line with the “stewardship” model advocated in the Commission’s report.

The Bournemouth Christchurch and Poole (BCP) council said the regeneration company will build out a portfolio of 14 sites with a gross development value in excess of £2.8bn, with the ambition to help deliver the council’s “Big Plan” for the authority.

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