Friday 12 January 2018

Housing Developer Wants To Drop Affordable Homes From Scheme

A housing developer says it can't fund the rest of the affordable houses it's due to build on the site of a former school. Kells Development Group was granted planning permission in 2010 to build 74 houses with 22 of these being affordable. To date, 57 of the homes have been built – the majority self-build plots. Sixteen of the houses have been sold to housing association Two Castles but the remaining eight, which were intended to be sold or rented out at an intermediate discounted rate, have not been built. The developer has now asked for a relaxation in its legal requirements to provide the affordable homes saying it wants to sell the eight plots to foot the bill to complete the roads. Read more on the News & Star website.

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