On 26 March 2026, BCP Council finished building 27 new council homes at Templeman Place in Bournemouth, Dorset. These energy-efficient flats provide safe and affordable housing for residents who urgently need a place to live.
The development includes 16 one-bedroom and 11 two-bedroom flats, which are designed to help residents keep heating costs down. All the properties will be let at social rent, which usually costs about half as much as renting from a private landlord.
This project cost £6.8 million in total, with nearly £3 million coming from Homes England. The work was finished within 12 months of restarting after the council had to find a new builder when the first one could not continue.
These are the first new homes finished since BCP Homes was given a C1 rating by the Regulator of Social Housing, which is the government body that checks social landlords. This is the highest possible score for how a council manages its housing and has only been achieved by seven councils in the country.
The new flats are part of a larger plan to build 937 council homes across the area, with 118 more expected to be ready by next year. The council says these smaller flats will also allow people to move out of larger houses they no longer need, which makes more room for families on the housing register.
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