We have substanital expertise in successfully delivering major development projects. We build homes to high standards, providing sustainable and mixed tenure communities with excellent local facilities for residents. We have been a Homes and Communities Agency approved development partner since 2004.

During 2012/13 we’re due to complete more than 900 new homes.

Find out more about:

• Our development schemes
• Our development framework
• Section 106 partners
• Sites we want to buy
• Where we operate

We are always looking for opportunities to develop more sites for a range of tenures, including affordable rent, shared ownership and outright sale. If you would like to work with us or discuss development opportunities please contact the development team.

Award winning quality

Catalyst is proud of its award winning record for developing high quality homes:

• We are one of only two housing providers in the country to achieve gold in the highly challenging SHIFT sustainability benchmarking scheme
• We were named Affordable Home Ownership Provider of the Year in 2011, commended for ‘introducing outstanding schemes into the market, whilst considering the needs of the community and the environment’
• Alexandra Place, our extra care development in Woodley, Wokingham, was chosen as ‘most innovative sheltered/supported scheme’ at the 2012 Housing Innovation Awards
• Our development in South Acton was named ‘best regeneration project’ 2011 at the Affordable Home Ownership Awards, and ‘best urban regeneration’ at the 2011 First Time Buyer’s magazine awards
• Our regeneration of Dee Park in Reading won silver for ‘best partnership scheme’ at the prestigious 2011 What House? Awards
• Portobello Square, part of our Wornington Green regeneration scheme, won a ‘project winner’ accolade at the 2011 Housing Design Awards
• Our flagship sustainable development in Hounslow is in the first wave of buildings designed to meet the highest standards for eco-friendly sustainable homes. It is also the first to meet the mayor of London’s new housing design guidelines. Voted ‘best small development’ by the readers of First Time Buyer magazine it was also highly commended in three separate categories at the 2013 Sustainable City Awards

Sustainability

We are committed to sustainability both in the construction and management of our homes and in the way we support our residents and our communities. Find out more about how we are leading the way in sustainability.

Financial stability

We believe that we are facing the current economic challenges from a position of strength. We have a low gearing ratio, a healthy surplus and ambitious plans for growth and development. We have the resources and skills to grow our business further.

Find out more about us and about what we do or download a copy of our annual report and accounts.

Expanding our development work

New homes

We expect to build more than 7,000 new homes by 2020, housing 21,000 more people.

New product development

We work in partnership with local authorities and other housing associations to deliver innovative affordable housing products and services. Find out more.

Supported housing and care services

We’re keen to develop more supported housing and care service schemes, especially in the field of care for older people. This includes sheltered and extra care, as well as units for sale within these schemes. We already work with a number of care providers and their specialist knowledge supports our partnerships and ensures we deliver high quality facilities.

Private sales

Catalyst by Design is our profit making subsidiary company which develops homes for private sale. We use the profits to cross-subsidise our charitable work as a social housing provider. Following the dramatic drop in government grant for new affordable homes, Catalyst by Design plays a crucial role in funding our work. It also reflects our commitment to developing mixed income, mixed tenure, communities.

Catalyst by Design sold its first properties in 2011, and is currently active on sites in Luton, Kensington & Chelsea and Harrow. Within five years we expect Catalyst by Design to deliver around 300 private sale homes each year.

We are interested in further joint venture opportunities with developers to build homes for private sale.

If you would like to discuss any development opportunities please contact us.