Defence Estate Optimisation (DEO) Portfolio
DEO is the single biggest estates change programme within Defence, investing £5.1bn in modern, greener and more sustainable infrastructure.
Context and major investment projects
DEO was mobilised in late 2016 to contribute to the 2015 Strategic Defence and Security Review’s commitment to invest in key defence sites and meet future force structure requirements.
Projects range from military homes through to bespoke technical, combat and medical facilities, as well as cyber warfare and fast jet training infrastructure.
This is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to deliver meaningful benefit to the infrastructure our Armed Forces personnel live and work from.
DEO is delivering new and refurbished accommodation for over 27,000 military personnel and their families with work completed, or currently in construction on, 24 projects. Contracts continue to be placed for further development at sites across the UK.
In addition to housing, DEO is forecast to deliver over 200 hectares of biodiversity net-gain measures.
Site disposals
As part of the optimisation process, DEO is also releasing surplus government land that is no longer required for military use for alternative redevelopment in support of housing and business growth, and job creation.
DEO is on target to release enough surplus MOD land for over 32,000 new homes nationwide.
Full details of the sites identified for disposal can be found in the related documents.
Related documents
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