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Best practice in small sites delivery

Unlock smarter strategies and resources for successful small site development and disposal.

Explore strategies and practical tools to support efficient, high-quality outcomes in small site development and disposal. This page brings together a curated selection of resources to help you navigate key challenges, strengthen delivery practices, and learn from real-world examples across the sector.

Whether you're just starting out or refining your approach, these materials offer insights to support decision-making at every stage of the process.

You can search by keyword and filter resources by author, stakeholder, development stage, and delivery route. All resources are also available to download.

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  • Pattern book for MMC delivery of small sites housing in Ealing

    Author(s)

    LB Ealing and RCKa

    Theme:

    Optimising delivery

    Organisation:

    Public Landowner
    Small Builder

    Development stage:

    manufacturing and construction

    Delivery route:

    Public Sector land - Public Sector led delivery

    Added value in unlocking challenging sites

    aims to unlock small/micro sites that might otherwise be disproportionately time-consuming using traditional design processes and build methods

    Replicability

    can be adopted across a wider geographical area but will need to be tailored for new typologies. Not reliant on any proprietary modular system, but can be adopted by a range of different suppliers using a variety of systems.

    Innovation and social value:

    aims to increase use of MMC in small sites. This initial investigation sets out standardised, system-agnostic house typologies, sustainability principles, modular design parameters, and contextual design options

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    Ealing Pattern Book
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  • Recommendations for improving acquisitions of small sites S106 affordable housing

    Author(s)

    Lichfield's

    Theme:

    Optimising delivery

    Organisation:

    Public Landowner
    Small Builder

    Development stage:

    design and planning

    Delivery route:

    Public Sector land - Developer led delivery
    Private Sector land - Developer led delivery

    Added value in unlocking challenging sites

    makes recommendations to improve viability of Section 106 (S106) affordable housing on small sites by improving connections between developers and RPs

    Replicability

    suggests closer working between local planning authorities, developers and registered providers (RPs) required on small sites pipeline. Key lesson is RPs would like earlier involvement in design process

    Innovation and social value:

    recommendations aim to improve outcomes with regards to acquisition of S106 affordable housing to enable sites to be progressed more efficiently
    S106 Affordable Housing Acquisitions Small Sites Report green cover image with Lichfields logo

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