Roll of Signatories

Partners and supporters of the SWHI, featured throughout this website, have signed up to the South West Housing Charter. 

Many others, also engaged in the provision of homes in the South West, have also now signed the Charter:

Keith Annis                   Planning Director 

Redrow Homes

Jenny Allen                   South West Lead Manager

National Housing Federation

Rob Barclay                  Director

Julian House

Wendy Lewis                Regional Development Manager

Knightstone Housing Association

Andrew Lawrie              Regional Development Manager

Spectrum Housing Group

David Ashmore             Chief Executive

GreenSquare Group

Jitinder Takrar              Group Business Development Director

Spectrum Housing Group

Wayne Morris              Chief Executive

Spectrum Housing Group

Mark Dillon                   Business Development Manager

Yarlington Housing Group

Robin Tetlow                Chairman and Managing Director

Tetlow King Planning Ltd

Graham Mansbridge     Development Manager

North Devon Homes

Brian Swann                Director

BCHA

Martyn Gimber             Chief Executive

North Devon Homes

Jeannie Haycock         Affordable Housing Co-ordinator

Torbay Development Agency

Steve Benson              Group Services Director

Aster Group

Barbara Shaw             Managing Director

Guinness Hermitage

Clive Turner                Chief Executive

Plymouth Community Homes

Robert Nettleton           Chief Executive

Coastline Housing

Phil Stephens              Group Development Director

Sovereign Housing Group

Amada Williams           Director of Business Development

Synergy Housing Group

Barry Hughes              Chief Executive

Selwood Housing

Donna Baddeley          Director of Neighbourhoods

North Devon Homes

Wendy Lloyd               Supported Housing Team Leader

North Devon Homes

Andrea Llewellyn          Director

Independent Housing Consultant

Nick Dark                    Rent Team Leader

North Devon Homes

Tammy Rooney            Carer

Selwyn Care Ltd

Allison Bird                  Customer Services Manager

North Devon Homes

Martin Hancock            CEO

BCHA

David Dean                  Director

Fisher & Dean Ltd

Frances Walsh             Community Development Manager

North Devon Homes Ltd

Jim Lyons                     Regional Director South West

NHBC

John Wombwell             MD

Wombwell Homes

Stuart Bayley                Architect

Living Space Architects

Graham Colls                Group Chief Executive

Magna Housing Group

Rick Williams                Chief Executive

Cornerstone HA

Please add your name to our Charter - detailed below:

South West Housing Charter

We recognise that we need to at least double the number of new and affordable homes currently being built in the South West each year to enable our local communities to thrive and our local businesses to grow and create jobs.

Why?

Because:

• Providing sufficient homes is vital to the region's economy, by making it possible to retain the region's key workers and young people.
• The South West's economy is dependent on Britain's largest proportion of small employers, who need sufficient availability of affordable homes to enable them to recruit and retain key employees;
• The South West also needs to provide affordable homes for key workers in the public sector (teachers, nurses, fire-fighters, refuse collectors, social service employees, etc), low-paid essential workers (care-home staff, farm workers etc) and seasonal workers in key sectors such as tourism;
• The South West is creating 25,000 new households each year, at a time when less than half that number of homes are being built;
• The South West is unique in having higher than average house prices but lower than average earnings

What does that mean?

• South West councils must facilitate the identification of land and manage planning consents for at least 25,000 homes each year;
• Those councils must be helped and supported in resolving this difficult challenge: the SWHI has proof that those homes can be provided in ways that –
  • Secure the support of, and enhance local communities – and local property values;
  • Ensure better infrastructure and facilities;
  • Provide affordable homes for the region's young people and key workers (in both public and private sectors);
  • Meet the highest standards of design and environmental performance.