20 eco-friendly homes to be built on former Hull council housing land in Bransholme
TWENTY eco-friendly homes are to be built on former council housing land.
The city council's cabinet is expected to approve the disposal of part of the 3.6-acre site at Selworthy Close in Bransholme for a pilot construction scheme. The project will see system-built affordable housing with high eco standards being constructed at the site to test the viability and demand for such developments.
Councillor Anita Harrison welcomed the proposals. She said: "It is absolutely fantastic news.
"This is exactly what this area needs.
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"Currently, we have a shortage of housing and I welcome any new development that will help tackle this problem.
"At the moment, about 70 people are going for one house on the estate so there needs to be something done to offer new homes to people that need them.
"I hope a developer will be found soon and construction can begin as soon as possible."
A report for the cabinet says it is expected the council would transfer the land to a developer as a way of helping to subsidise the project.
As yet, no buyer has been found for the site.
4 Comments
by smartguy1
Tuesday, February 05 2013, 8:26PM
“My experience in construction is that as soon as you mention the word 'Eco' it does not fit into the same sentence as 'affordable housing'. The two just do not go together, certainly not from an initial cost outlay.”
by hullboi81
Tuesday, February 05 2013, 12:01PM
“"shortage of house?" NO; there are loads of houses across Hull, its just the people that want them, don't work (and probably never have) and want a FREE LOCAL BRANSHOLME "ouse" near to their family, pubs and "senna"....
....why don't these 70+ applicants per house try working and privately renting / buying your own somewhere in Hull....”
by bogsdollocks
Tuesday, February 05 2013, 10:02AM
“So let me get this straight, for every vacant property there are seventy people applying for it, complete nonsense. Surely the same people are applying for many different houses and so the ratio decreases. Also , many of the applicants will already have accommodation but just want to move. Figures dished out like this just distort the picture , come on HDM and 'councillors' be more accurate.”
by LittleHobbit
Tuesday, February 05 2013, 9:50AM
“Good idea in theory but I saw this just yesterday in The Mail. Lets hope they are better than the estate in this report.
http://tinyurl.com/bgb7j29”