Countryside Properties and L&Q Sign Regeneration Agreement in Chipping Barnet
Posted 05.11.12
Countryside Properties, working in conjunction with L&Q, has signed an agreement with the London Borough of Barnet to progress the proposed regeneration of the Dollis Valley housing estate in Chipping Barnet.
The agreement gives the green light to the regeneration proposals, which are based on a masterplan design by Alison Brooks Architects and HTA Architects, and involve the construction of 616 new, mixed-tenure homes in a wide range of designs and sizes to suit the differing needs of families. All would be built to a minimum of Level 4 of the Code for Sustainable Homes.
Half of the new homes would be traditional houses with gardens with more than 200 of those being affordable rented homes. The affordable homes will benefit from Countryside Properties' It's Your Choice scheme, which enables tenants and leaseholders to customise their new home.
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Staffordshire Scheme Opens for Ascent Housing Partnership
Posted 07.11.12
The Roaches Close housing development in Leek has opened and marks the start of a major programme of affordable housing in the Staffordshire Moorlands.
The Ascent joint venture, a partnership between Staffordshire Moorlands District Council and Your Housing Group, is investing £50 million to develop 424 new homes over the next three years. The Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) is £8 million of investment through its Affordable Homes Programme.
The first Ascent scheme completed, Roaches Close, is a 10-home development comprising two and three-bed homes for rent. It is soon to be followed by the completion of 22 homes in Cheadle - 14 shared equity properties and eight for rent, with one of the houses developed for a family with two children with disabilities.
The programme also includes the £11 million development of Staffordshire Moorlands' first ever extra care scheme. Earmarked for a former factory site in the town of Leek, the Daisy Haye older people's village will be an exemplar of best practice in retirement living, enabling independent yet safe lives for some of the most vulnerable members of the Moorlands community. On top of the HCA funding, the Council and Your Housing Group have committed both land and £5 million each, while the Council has agreed to prudentially borrow £20 million to support the programme.
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Affordable Housing Development on Arran Launched
Posted 12.11.12
The Scottish Minister for Housing and Welfare, Margaret Burgess, launched Irvine Housing Association's new development project on the Isle of Arran.
The development will provide 56 affordable homes in Lamlash, comprising 40 properties for social rent and 16 for shared equity sale.
The £8.9 million project is the biggest affordable development on Arran in decades. It has received grant funding of £2.44 million from The Scottish Government and almost £800,000 from North Ayrshire Council.
The development is due to be completed in summer 2014.
