The partnership was established in 2017 to address the housing shortage across Cambridge by providing high-quality brand new council homes and market sale homes, commercial and community facilities. Through the creation of the partnership, we are investing in and transforming council-owned and other land across the city by bringing together the best of public and private sector expertise and providing homes that are fit for the future.

As part of the £70m Cambridgeshire and Peterborough devolution grant, the partnership had an initial target to start at least 500 net council homes by March 2022. This was reached a year early and seven years on the partnership has completed 17 new developments and is now working to deliver a minimum of 1,700 new homes, with 1,000 being council homes within 10 years, including the first Passivhaus accredited council homes in Cambridge.

Our success is down to collaboration, using our combined, complementary skills to work together closely as a team on the day-to-day delivery of the programme.

The council brings strong strategic and political links through its various local authority and partnership relationships. On a local level, the council’s significant public sector-led housing delivery knowledge and experience helps identify the needs of the local community and prioritise the delivery of sites.

The Hill Group brings investment, commercial and financial expertise together with its knowledge, skills, and experience in development and extensive market relationships.

Through the partnership, we are committed to driving forward new housing, creating highly sustainable homes that are fit for the future and taking a key role in the regeneration of the city for years to come.