Seeder Terms

Last updated 15 May 2026

These terms apply when you register as a seeder on atreeum.co.uk. They explain what registration does, what the Seed Fund is and how you qualify for it, what happens if a parish doesn't reach the size we need, how we use your data, and what we can and can't promise. Please read them before you register. Registering means you accept them.

If anything here is unclear, email us at hello@atreeum.co.uk.

1. Who we are

Atreeum is operated by Solev Energy Group Ltd, a company registered in England & Wales with its registered office in Suffolk, United Kingdom. The village energy system is operated by Atreeum Infrastructure, a trading name of Solev Energy Group Ltd. In these terms we refer to the trading style “Atreeum”, “we”, “us”, or “our”.

2. Definitions

Seeder: A person who has registered an interest in buying an Atreeum home by completing the seeder form on atreeum.co.uk.
Radicle: The seeder whose registration in a particular parish has the earliest verified timestamp. There is one Radicle slot per civil parish.
Parish: A civil parish in England or Wales, as published by the Office for National Statistics in the Parishes and Non Civil Parished Areas dataset that is current at the date of registration. We attribute each registration to the parish that contains the registered postcode.
Village: A development of up to 20 Atreeum homes in a single parish, including shared energy and transport infrastructure.
Home: A 4-bedroom Atreeum dwelling of approximately 1,800 square feet, built to the specification published on atreeum.co.uk at the time keys are exchanged.

3. What registration does

Registering as a seeder:

Places a pin on the Atreeum public heat map.
Adds you to our email list for parish-specific and company-wide updates.
Reserves your place in the queue if your parish becomes a viable Atreeum village.

Registration is free. It is not a deposit, a contract to buy, or a commitment of any kind. You can unregister at any time by emailing hello@atreeum.co.uk.

4. The Seed Fund

The first seeder to register in a parish (the Radicle) becomes the holder of a Seed Fund for that parish. The fund is a reduction in the purchase price of Atreeum homes in that village. It is not a payment, a commission, or a referral fee, and there is no cash alternative.

4.1 How the fund accrues

£6,000 accrues on the Radicle's own verified registration. A further £1,000 accrues on each subsequent verified registration in the same parish, up to and including the twentieth. The maximum fund is £25,000 per village. Only one fund exists per village, and only one village per parish carries a fund.

4.2 Verification

A registration accrues to the fund only once we have verified it, including the local-connection information required for a rural exception site. Registrations we cannot verify, duplicate registrations, and registrations we reasonably believe to have been made in order to inflate a fund do not accrue.

4.3 Allocation

The Radicle may allocate any part of the unallocated balance to any verified seeder in the same parish, in increments of £50, at any time up to the point of reservation. An allocation takes effect when confirmed and cannot be reversed by the Radicle. Any unallocated balance remains with the Radicle.

4.4 Standing offers

The Radicle may set a standing offer that allocates a stated amount automatically to a stated number of future registrations, with an end date. A standing offer may be withdrawn in respect of places not yet taken. It cannot be withdrawn in respect of a registration that has already matched it.

The fund is conditional. All of the following must be true at the date the home is sold, for any amount retained or allocated:

The Radicle was the seeder with the earliest verified timestamp in the parish at the time the village was committed.
The parish reached the seeder density Atreeum considers viable to proceed (currently 20 seeders).
Atreeum has obtained the planning consents necessary to construct a village in the parish.
The person holding the amount still meets Atreeum's published eligibility criteria for purchasing a home in a rural exception site village at the date of sale, including any local-connection or affordability tests that the parish or planning consent requires.

If any of these conditions is not met, that amount does not apply.

4.5 If a seeder who has been allocated an amount drops out

If a seeder holding an allocated amount unregisters, becomes ineligible, or does not buy a home in the village, the amount is void and returns to the Radicle's unallocated balance.

4.6 If the Radicle drops out

If the Radicle unregisters, becomes ineligible, or notifies us that they no longer wish to buy a home in their parish, the unallocated balance passes to the seeder with the next-earliest verified timestamp in that parish, who becomes the Radicle and assumes the same conditional rights. Allocations already confirmed are unaffected.

4.7 One fund per person

A person may hold the Radicle role in one parish only, across the whole programme. There is no limit on the number of parishes in which a person may register as a seeder.

4.8 Price and disclosure

Any amount that applies is reflected in the purchase price recorded in the contract of sale, and is disclosed to your lender, conveyancer and valuer as required. The price you pay is the price on which your mortgage valuation is based.

4.9 Publication

Allocations are published on the village page, showing the recipient's first name, place number and the amount allocated. We do not publish email addresses or full addresses.

4.10 We may invite the Radicle to share content

If you become a Radicle we may invite you to send us a short video or photograph for use on Atreeum's website and social channels. This is optional. The fund is not contingent on you sending us anything. If you do send us content, you are giving us permission to share it with credit to you. You can withdraw permission at any time by emailing us.

5. What happens if your parish doesn't reach 20 seeders

If a parish does not reach 20 seeders within a reasonable period, we will not build there. Your registration remains live and we will continue to send you updates on Atreeum's progress. If a neighbouring parish reaches viability and you would like to re-pin, you may do so by emailing us.

6. What happens if planning is refused

Atreeum villages are built on land released under England's Rural Exception Sites planning policy and equivalent Welsh provisions. We do not proceed with construction without the relevant consent. If consent is refused in a parish, we will tell every seeder in that parish and explain next steps. No seeder is charged anything and no contract to buy is in force.

7. The home, the price, and the offer

The published price of an Atreeum home is £167,000 as of the date these terms were last updated. The specification is published on atreeum.co.uk and is correct at the date of publication. We may update the specification or the price for future villages. The price applicable to a given home is the price published at the date the home is sold to you.

Zero energy bills, the shared community EV fleet, and other village-level services are provided as part of the village's shared infrastructure, the terms of which will be set out in the purchase contract for each home.

8. Data and privacy

When you register, we collect: your name, email address, postcode, occupation, and a short free-text answer about your circumstances. We use this data to:

Display your pin (and parish, never your address) on the public Atreeum heat map.
Send you updates by email about your parish and about Atreeum.
Demonstrate local housing need in support of planning applications.

We are the data controller under UK GDPR. You can request a copy of your data, ask us to correct it, or ask us to delete it at any time by emailing hello@atreeum.co.uk. We do not sell your data. We do not share it with advertisers.

9. Liability

Nothing in these terms excludes our liability for fraud, death, or personal injury caused by our negligence, or any other liability that cannot lawfully be excluded under English law. Subject to that, Atreeum is not liable for any indirect or consequential loss arising from your registration as a seeder, including any reliance you place on the prospect of becoming a Radicle in a parish that does not subsequently become a viable village.

10. Changes to these terms

We may change these terms from time to time. If we do, we will email every seeder to explain what has changed and when the new terms take effect. If you do not accept the new terms, you can unregister.

11. Governing law

These terms are governed by the laws of England and Wales. The courts of England and Wales have exclusive jurisdiction over any dispute arising from them.

12. Contact

Neil Smith, Founder
Solev Energy Group Ltd (operating Atreeum)
hello@atreeum.co.uk