First residents lined up for brand spanking new £3.25million housing growth in Lawford

The primary new residents are already being lined up for a brand-new £3.25million housing growth for the aged in Lawford.

Tendring District Council (TDC) is creating 13 single-storey senior dwelling houses on the positioning of the previous Honeycroft sheltered housing scheme in Waldegrave Approach.

The dated Honeycroft growth was closed by the council in 2018 and was demolished in 2021.

Manningtree-based Rose builders was appointed by TDC to construct the brand new houses and groundbreaking occurred on the website earlier this yr.

Councillor Andy Baker, TDC Cupboard Member for Housing and Planning, mentioned he was happy to announce that the primary residents are being lined up for houses on the website.

“This growth is an revolutionary scheme that will likely be offering houses for native folks inside our district – and on a brownfield website,” he mentioned.

“I’m very happy to report that the event is progressing properly and is on schedule to be handed over by the developer on the finish of October.

“It signifies that our housing workforce has already been in a position to allocate the primary properties to residents forward of the anticipated completion.

“The council made a dedication to those that left the positioning that they might have the chance to maneuver into the brand new houses – and I’m delighted that two former residents have taken up that supply.

“The event is admittedly coming alongside now and I hope that they – together with all the brand new residents – get pleasure from their new houses.

“I wish to thank Rose builders for his or her onerous work and dedication and sit up for the completion of the event.”

The brand new Honeycroft growth is being constructed to prime environmental requirements, incorporating carbon discount, energy-saving measures and energy-efficiency requirements –making them cheaper to run and serving to to fight gasoline poverty.

The houses are additionally designed to the rules of the previous lifetime houses commonplace that means residents can stay of their group as their bodily wants change.

In addition to the brand new houses, the positioning will even have a small group constructing, landscaping and automotive parking.

Councillor Baker added: “This growth will present fashionable, environment friendly, accessible houses and are a lot wanted to assist us to fulfill the housing demand within the district.

“The properties will likely be lifetime houses that may present accessible dwelling for later life and allow folks to remain in their very own group and houses even when their wants change.

“In each approach the houses are designed to assist enhance residents’ high quality of life – which runs by way of every thing that we do as a part of Our Imaginative and prescient, the council’s company plan.”

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