Site Visits
Take part in our site visits to explore cutting-edge solutions in sustainable housing, directly from manufacturers and industry leaders.
Join us for a Site Visit
To Register please send an email to - admin@futurehomes.org.uk including the following information:
- The site visit you would like to attend
- Your name and organisation
Due to limited capacity for our site visits, priority is given to members. However Non-members are welcome to register and will be placed on a waiting list.
Sustainable Housing in England - Lessons form Scotland - Future Homes Hub Members (Homebuilders)
1 Cohort: 21-22nd October 2025.
Come along for a practical learning opportunity for regional developers to explore how the housing sector delivers sustainable houses in Scotland. This is a rare chance to see the timber supply chain, MMC and net zero carbon homes built in volume where you can learn, question, and decide what is right for your business.
Who Can Register?: Future Homes Hub, New Home Developer Members Only
Date: 21st to 22nd October, but free accommodation is available for the night of the 20th October at Marriott Courtyard Hotel, Inverness Airport
Time: Tour starts 8am 21st October, finishing 3pm 22nd October.
Starting Location: 8am Marriott Courtyard Hotel, Inverness Airport, IV2 7BL
Finishing Location: 3pm Aberdeen Airport (taxi option to Train Station)
PPE requirement: Bring your own safety boots, everything else will be supplied.
Cost: FREE for all accommodation and meals in Scotland (including the night of 21st at the Torna Coille Hotel, Banchory, Aberdeenshire) and travel from Inverness to Aberdeen.
Max capacity: Places are limited - please submit your interest!
2nd Cohort: 3-4th February 2026
For those who did not have a chance to register for the first cohort, we invite you to email us and join our Winter Cohort in February. Further details on timing and itinerary will follow.
Communal Water Reuse at Cambridge University's Knight's Park - 2 October 2025
Description:
Visit one of the UK’s largest water re-use residential schemes, developed by Hill in partnership with the University of Cambridge. Hear directly from the people who commissioned, designed, and built it; discover their motivations, the challenges they faced, and the key lessons learned.
A development-wide rainwater harvesting and sustainable urban drainage system, one of the largest systems in the UK, recycles rainwater through a combination of drainage features including green corridors, permeable paving and swales. After passing through reed beds and being filtered, the water is then treated. This rainwater harvesting and sustainable drainage system represents a potential breakthrough in water recycling.
Date: (Thursday) 2 October 2025
Time: 10:30am-12:30pm
Starting Location: Walk from Park and Ride 300-400m to Storey’s Field Centre (CB3 1AA)
[Free parking available in the Maddingly Road Park and Ride (CB3 0EU)].
PPE requirement: No PPE required.
Max capacity: 30 people
David Smith CEng MICE
Head of Non-Operational Projects (Interim)
University of Cambridge Estates Division.
David is the Interim Head of Non-Operational Projects in the University of Cambridge’s Estates Division. He is a chartered civil engineer with 30 years of experience across three countries in the residential, commercial, retail, health-care and civil engineering sectors.
We have been here
Past Site Visits:
- 24th June 2025 - Bellway (Bolton) - Energy House 2.0 at Salford University
- 5th June 2025 - Strata Desire (Leeds) - multi-tenure community.
- 15 May 2025 - Octopus Innovation Centre (Burnham, Slough)
- 30 April 2025 - Vistry Innovation Centre (Bardon, Leicestershire)
- 9 April 2025 – GL ehome (Worcester)
- 20 March 2025 - PureHaus (Bradford)
- 10 March 2025 - Greencore (Bicester, Oxfordshire)