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Council to start building 18 new affordable homes in Shoeburyness

21/1/2016

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Southend Council is to continue its drive to create more local affordable homes for rent, with the building of 18 new properties in Shoeburyness.
 
Following a competitive tendering process, the Council has now appointed DCB (Kent) Ltd for the contract to design and build these affordable housing units across six under-used garage sites in Shoeburyness.
 
The project has a budget of just over £2.8m and will start on site in mid-March with the start of garage demolition works. The completion of all 18 units is expected by April 2017.
 
Cllr David Norman, Executive Councillor for Housing, says: “The need for affordable housing for rent within the borough is as great as ever and our commitment to addressing housing need is well documented.
 
“Following the Council’s first home that was completed recently, I am delighted that we can now take forward a much more substantial and impactful scheme that will make a real difference to local people.
 
“This is an exciting opportunity to build a number of new council homes for the first time in decades and to begin to tackle the urgent need for good quality accommodation in the town at a moderate cost.
 
"Whilst more work needs to be done on looking at long term options for council housing, we have development funds available to pursue this pilot scheme. Part of this is time limited money including Right to Buy (RTB) receipts and Section 106 planning contributions that if not spent will be handed back to central Government.
 
"The pilot sites suffer from anti-social behaviour and cases of fly tipping and so this is also an opportunity to regenerate these sites.”
 
Planning permission for the six sites was granted in April 2015 and a breakdown of the sites is detailed below:
 
Ashanti Close:
·        8 x 3 bed houses
·        5 x 2 bed flats
 
Bulwark Road:
·        2 x 3 bed houses
 
Exeter Close:
·        2 x 3 bed houses
·        1 x 2 bed house


1 Comment
home owner near
12/4/2016 04:22:58 am

Nice idea,but where is every body going to park.
Already got idiots parking on bends and on the path

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