Hampshire housebuilder enhances biodiversity by creating 43 football pitches of green space
Barratt David Wilson Homes has created 30 hectares of green space – equivalent to 43 football pitches – in the past year, as it continues to build more sustainable places to live.
The Hampshire housebuilder, which is currently selling at 11 active developments including Pebble Walk on Hayling Island and Forest Walk in Whiteley, enhanced local biodiversity by creating new public spaces and private gardens, which also had 70 nesting bricks, 44 bat boxes and 10 hedgehog highway roues installed. Plus, as well as building 90% of its developments with nature-led sustainable urban drainage systems and sites were built using 99.96% sustainably certified timber.
Through its various waste-free and low emission initiatives, Barratt has also managed its impact on the environment by cutting 1.97 tonnes of CO2e emissions and 3.3 tonnes of construction waste per 100m2 of completed build.
To further enhance its commitment to improve the communities in which it builds, Barratt has also donated £326,000 to organisations local to each of the housebuilder’s developments in the region, including schools, community groups and charities, and staff contributed 426 hours of volunteering to local projects.
These latest figures are obtained from Barratt’s socio economic footprint published every financial year and is carried out by independent experts who analysed socio-economic impact through the delivery chain for Barratt’s housing in the region between 1st July 2024 and 29th June 2025. It also highlights how much local economy and communities benefit from the building of new homes.
As well as building 330 new homes last year worth a total market value of £109m, Barratt built 61 affordable homes with a total market value of £11.6m, sold at 35% below the average private new house sold.
A well as financial investment, the housebuilding supply chain has supported 644 supplier and sub-contractor companies, 1,503 jobs, and 14 places for graduates, apprentices, and trainees.
Matt Paine, Managing Director of Barratt David Wilson Homes, said: “Despite ongoing uncertainties in the housing market, we pride ourselves on continuing our commitment to building strong, sustainable communities.
“The local areas we work in benefit from jobs, community development and support for local business as well as a collection of brand-new homes. It’s so important for us to leave a lasting legacy in and around these new neighbourhoods, and I’m very proud of the positive impact we have, both at the time of construction, as well as in the years after.”