An affordable and sustainable development of 28 homes in Armley has been completed by 54North Homes.
The £5.1 million Wesley Road development comprises 26 houses and two flats. Each home features air source heat pumps to provide heating and hot water.
22 of the homes are available for social rent and six for shared ownership on the Wesley Road site, near St Bartholomew’s Church.
Leeds City Council committed £700,000 to the project from a funding stream which supports affordable housing delivery using pooled financial contributions paid by developers as part of planning agreements.
The development is also supported by £2.375m grant funding from Homes England, through the Karbon Homes Group’s Strategic Partnership with central government’s housing delivery agency.
The contractor, Ashfield Projects (Yorkshire), have handed over the completed homes to 54North Homes, part of the Karbon Group, with the first customers already moving in. Tenancies for social rent will be offered to people on the council’s housing register.
Zoey Hawthorne, Group Director of Development at the Karbon Group, said: “Wesley Road is our latest sustainable housing development providing high quality energy efficient homes for local people. This is 54North’s first new-build development powered by air source heat pumps, so this is a significant milestone for the organisation.
“This is another great example of what can be achieved by working collaboratively with the council, partners and the local community. We are very much looking forward to welcoming customers into their new homes.”
Councillor Mary Harland, Leeds City Council’s executive member for housing, said: “As a council, we are determined to play our part in ensuring that people living in communities across Leeds can access good quality, energy efficient and affordable housing.
“I’m delighted, therefore, that we were able to commit funding support to the delivery of these homes at Wesley Road and the creation of a vibrant new neighbourhood on what was a derelict piece of land. It’s particularly pleasing that so many of the properties will be for social rent and, as such, will give a welcome helping hand to people on lower incomes.”
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