A community of up to 3,520 homes plus amenities and a 250-acre countryside park is being created on the northern part of the Manydown land by a pioneering public-private partnership.

In October 2024, Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council and Hampshire County Council completed a deal to buy land from the Manydown Company, enabling development to start on North Manydown.

As Manydown was originally bought under a long lease with an option to purchase the freehold by both councils in 1996, the freehold purchase needed to be completed before construction work could begin.

Following the purchase of the land, the councils’ development partner Urban&Civic can now start a programme of early infrastructure work including access for construction, roads and installation of utilities, before new homes can be built.

For information about the delivery of the development, see the website for the partnership creating the community.

For information on the earliest planning stages taken forward by the councils as landowners, see early planning for the new community.

The councils as landowners are now considering how their land to the south, on which they also hold a long lease, could be brought forward over the next 30 years, promoting it for allocation in the updated Local Plan.

For information, see South Manydown.