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 "path": "/news/council-approves-deal-for-92-homes-and-132-more",
 "title": "Council signs Western Riverside deal for 92 homes and 132",
 "description": "The council will buy 92 homes for its affordable stock at Bath Western Riverside, and Berkeley will build 132 more there.",
 "canonical": "https://heybath.uk/news/council-approves-deal-for-92-homes-and-132-more",
 "generated_at": "2026-10-14T01:12:58.709Z",
 "date_modified": "2026-10-13T21:13:07.577Z",
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   "slug": "council-approves-deal-for-92-homes-and-132-more",
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   "headline": "Council signs Western Riverside deal for 92 homes and 132 more",
   "standfirst": "The council will buy 92 homes for its affordable stock at Bath Western Riverside, and Berkeley will build 132 more there.",
   "topic": "housing",
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   "paragraphs": [
    "The council has approved a land swap with Berkeley Homes at Bath Western Riverside, buying 92 homes for its affordable stock. Under the same decision, Berkeley Homes will build 132 affordable homes on land transferred from the council. The site is also recorded as Bath Riverside.",
    "The officer decision is dated 1 October 2026. The 92 homes are market homes on Berkeley land, to be held and managed by B&NES Homes.",
    "A separate award on 7 October 2026 gave a 'Conditional Purchase Agreement for Linear Blocks' to St William Homes LLP. We assume that agreement belongs to this deal: the decision describes Berkeley building 132 affordable homes in linear blocks, and St William is Berkeley's joint venture.",
    "The decision is an officer decision dated 1 October 2026 and is not for call-in. The homes depend on planning permission and construction, and the record does not break down the tenures that 'affordable homes' covers."
   ],
   "next": "Planning permission and construction come next, and the officer decision of 1 October 2026 sets out the terms.",
   "updates": [],
   "corrections": [],
   "sources": [
    {
     "name": "Council decisions (B&NES)",
     "url": "https://democracy.bathnes.gov.uk/mgDelegatedDecisions.aspx",
     "checked_at": "2026-10-13T21:13:07.577Z"
    },
    {
     "name": "Council contracts (Contracts Finder)",
     "url": "https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/",
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    }
   ],
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    {
     "id": "f1",
     "text": "The council's officer decision of 1 October 2026 approves a land swap with Berkeley Homes and the purchase of 92 market homes on Berkeley land for council affordable homes held and managed by B&NES Homes.",
     "source": "Council decisions (B&NES)"
    },
    {
     "id": "f2",
     "text": "Under the same decision, Berkeley Homes will construct 132 affordable homes on the land transferred from the council.",
     "source": "Council decisions (B&NES)"
    },
    {
     "id": "f3",
     "text": "A 'Conditional Purchase Agreement for Linear Blocks' was awarded to St William Homes LLP on 7 October 2026.",
     "source": "Council contracts (Contracts Finder)"
    },
    {
     "id": "f4",
     "text": "Council decisions (B&NES): the latest figures are for 1 October 2026.",
     "source": "Council decisions (B&NES)"
    },
    {
     "id": "f5",
     "text": "Council contracts (Contracts Finder): the latest figures are for 7 October 2026.",
     "source": "Council contracts (Contracts Finder)"
    },
    {
     "id": "f6",
     "text": "The records name the place as Bath Western Riverside and Bath Riverside.",
     "source": "Council decisions (B&NES)"
    },
    {
     "id": "f7",
     "text": "We assume the 'Conditional Purchase Agreement for Linear Blocks' awarded to St William Homes LLP belongs to this deal: the decision describes Berkeley building '132 affordable Homes (linear Blocks)' and St William is Berkeley's joint venture.",
     "source": "Hey Bath"
    },
    {
     "id": "f8",
     "text": "An officer decision dated 1 October 2026, not for call-in; the homes depend on planning permission and construction; 'affordable homes' spans several tenures the record does not break down.",
     "source": "Hey Bath"
    }
   ],
   "author": {
    "name": "Hey Bath Newsdesk",
    "path": "/about#newsdesk"
   },
   "published_at": "2026-10-13T21:02:06.880Z",
   "updated_at": "2026-10-13T21:13:07.577Z",
   "checked_at": "2026-10-13T21:13:07.577Z",
   "written": "Written by Hey Bath from public records with an AI writing tool, then checked against them."
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