Homes and nature, paired for good.
England needs homes, and it needs nature restored. Both compete for the same land. NeighbourWood couples new homes with restored nature nearby, so each helps support the other.
Two needs, one piece of land
In villages across England, families and local workers can't find a home they can afford near where they grew up or where they work.
On the farmland around those villages, the meadows, hedgerows and wetlands that wildlife depends on have been thinning for decades.
How the pairing works
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A landowner turns part of a farm into habitat.
Lower-yielding fields become meadow, wetland and woodland, with an annual payment to the landowner.
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Nature pays its way.
Most new development in England must now leave nature better than it found it. That requirement funds the new habitat.
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Homes follow, nearby.
With a housing partner, new homes are built close to the restored land, for the people who need them. And those people have access to the nature being restored.
Every scheme pairs new homes with restored nature nearby, shaped by the land. How it works
Find your way in
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Landowners
Put part of your farm to work for nature, and earn from it every year, perpetually.
Talk to us about your land -
Partners
Builders, councils, housing associations and CLTs: bring a rural scheme to life with nature paired from the start.
Explore a partnership -
Neighbours
Tell us where you want to live, and help us choose where to build.
Join the homes register
Why we're here
We're Neal and Esther Anderson. We moved with our younger kids to England to grow NeighbourWood collaboratively. If you have land, an idea or a question, we'd love to hear from you.
