The Government of Wales intends to establish a new division to further enhance this Government’s mission to increase the number of new homes built across the country.

The new Land Division will promote joint working between public sector bodies to unlock the potential of our public land for development. It is tasked to ensure the Government makes the best use of the resources available, and to provide a mechanism for sharing expertise so that we can see a concerted public sector response to the shortage of social housing, and to the development of public land for wider policy benefit.

The division will take over responsibility for a number of Welsh Government-owned sites, which will be promoted to support the delivery of our wider government priorities - including a strong focus on using these assets to help deliver more social housing in Wales.

The new division will also lead on the Welsh Government’s Corporate Asset Management Strategy for land and building assets, ensuring that they deliver greater public value for the people of Wales. It is crucial that we are able to work across government to provide the assurance that maximum policy value is being derived from our land and buildings asset base.

Whilst the identification of and delivery of land for housing is important, the division is also charged with increasing the pace and scale of the work already being taken forward via ‘Ystadau Cymru,’ which has a remit of ‘Working together to make the best use of the public estate’. It encourages excellence in the active management of the Welsh public sector estate through strategic collaboration and adopting a place-based approach to make the best use of our collective resources.