Northumberland County Council, in collaboration with the Borderlands Inclusive Growth Deal, embarked on a mission to ascertain the potential of a Forestry Innovation Centre/Programme based in Northumberland.

This programme was developed to facilitate innovative solutions for community-led housing within the north-east to try and re-address the UK's broken housing system towards more sustainable and equitable models.

This project, funded by Innovate UK, a collaboration between Karbon Homes and Edwards Architecture, aims to use smaller, infill brownfield sites to provide ageing-friendly accommodation that supports older residents physically and emotionally.