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Affordable Housing Delivery

What’s on site and what’s coming up….

………from our Housing Association partners……

• Over 200 new affordable homes are under construction
• The new homes are a mix of family houses, bungalows and apartments

and include:-

• 70 Extra Care apartments
• 23 apartments for ‘Active Elderly’ (over 55’s)
• 2 Wheelchair Compliant bungalows
• 2, 3 and 4 bedroom family houses

………from the Council……..

• 19 new affordable homes are planned using Right to Buy receipts, S106

funds, New Build Reserve and Housing Revenue Account Balances

Firstly, Council Housing Delivery……

• Greenhill Road Garage Court
• Land Adjacent to St Gregory’s Court
• Land at Alanbrooke

Greenhill Road Garage Court

• A challenging, problematic site with

many empty garages experiencing increasing anti-social behaviour at a high cost to the Council and detrimental to the neighbourhood.

• Planning permission granted in July

2013 for 2 x 2-bed bungalows Many variations of Rights

• f Access required to

enable development

Greenhill Road Garage Court

• The planned scheme is

for 2 x 2-bed bungalows built to Lifetime Homes standard with associated parking and landscaping

• The new homes will be

allocated to applicants from the Council’s Housing Register Delivery of this scheme will eliminate anti-social behaviour associated with the site whilst also providing much needed affordable housing.

Land Adjacent to St Gregory’s Court

Land Adjacent to St Gregory’s Court

• The former ‘drying’ area adjacent to St Gregory’s Court has lain redundant and unused for

many years

• Planning permission for 12 x 1-bed apartments has been granted
• The new homes will be allocated to applicants over the age of 55 from the Council’s Housing

Register

• The homes will be built to Lifetime Homes standard with ground floor apartments having

showers installed and first floor apartments will have traditional bathrooms

• Disabled parking will be provided within the scheme with further parking being made

available on the perimeter of the site

• The scheme will have storage available for electric buggies

Alanbrooke

• The site has lain empty for many years and had a covenant in place

restricting the use of the land

• The covenant has been revised to allow development of affordable

housing and the new homes will be allocated to applicants on the Council’s Housing Register

• A scheme of 4 x 2-bed houses and 1 x 3-bed house is planned and a

planning application is expected shortly

And now for some affordable housing from our housing association partners………

Shamrock Road

Shamrock Road

• Former Council site transferred to Russet Homes to be

developed out as part of their 2011-2015 Homes and Communities Affordable Housing Funding Programme

• The scheme will deliver 5 x 2-bedroom homes and 2 x 3-

bedroom homes for Affordable Rent

• The new homes will be allocated to applicants from the

Council’s Housing Register

• Expected completion June/July 2014

Former Depot Site - Codrington Crescent

• A further former Council-owned site transferred to Russet Homes
• On site with expected completion May 2014
• 2 x 2-bedroom bungalows with associated parking and

landscaping

West Crescent Road

• Former Council owned site

transferred to Russet

• Anti-social behaviour on the open

space and illegal parking on the Council-owned car park was having a negative affect on nearby residents

• The new scheme will deliver 6 x 1-

bed apartments for people over the age of 55 As part of the works, a stopping up order has been approved and the alleyway adjacent to Longferry Court (Gravesham-owned sheltered scheme) will be gated, so providing added security for Gravesham’s elderly residents.

Watercress Way

• Developed by Town and Country Housing Association at the site

formerly known as Dykes or Dover Road Pit

• 82 new affordable homes for rent and shared ownership
• Mix of unit types including apartments, bungalows and family homes
• Expected completion January 2015

Wimborne House

• Second Extra Care scheme in the Borough
• The scheme will provide 57 Extra Care apartments for Affordable Rent and a

further 13 apartments for shared-equity, being a mix of 1 and 2 bed accessible apartments

• Owned and managed by Sanctuary Housing and Care
• Completion expected January 2015

Cygnet House

• Former Council offices with Planning permission

for 34 apartments for Affordable Rent

• Developed by Moat, one of the Council’s

preferred affordable housing providers

Former Dairy Crest Depot, Rochester Road

• 12 homes for Affordable Rent in Rochester Road on the

site of the former Dairy Crest Depot

• Developed by Town and Country but owned and

managed by Gravesend Churches Housing Association

• A mix of 4-bed family homes and apartments
• Completion expected Spring 2014

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