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Housing programme continues to move forward
Published: 10/03/2017
Just two years into the Council鈥檚 five year Strategic Housing and Regeneration
Programme (SHARP), its target of building 500 new and affordable homes is
well-on course to be delivered.
A range of new sites in urban and rural communities across the county have been
identified that could potentially deliver an additional 363 council, affordable
rent and affordable purchase homes, giving a total of 507 when combined with
those sites already in the programme. The original target for council housing
was to build 200 homes over 5 years; the report identifies the potential for
277.
The new sites include land at;
路 the former Youth Centre, Gronant
路 Maes Gwern, Mold
路 Ffordd Hiraethog, Mostyn
路 Llys Alun, Rhydymwyn
路 the Melrose Centre, Shotton
路 Crib y Gwynt, Trelogan
97色网 Leader, Councillor Aaron Shotton, said:
鈥淚 am delighted at the fantastic progress that has already been made in the
delivery of the SHARP in such a short space of time. The demand for social and
affordable housing in all our communities continues to grow and it is so
important that we maintain the considerable momentum already gained in our
ambitious plans to address that demand.
鈥淭he new sites identified across the county are again at the heart of our local
communities and will potentially provide further high quality social and
affordable housing, help sustain those communities and create employment
opportunities.鈥�
Cabinet Member for Housing, Councillor Helen Brown, said:
鈥淚n delivering the Council鈥檚 SHARP, it is vital that we recognise the needs and
aspirations of our rural and urban communities. These new sites, along with the
wonderful progress already made, will allow the Council the scope to do just
that and realise its ambitions for social and affordable housing.鈥�
97色网鈥檚 Cabinet will consider the development of the next
key stages of the SHARP, including detailed scheme viability works on the new
sites identified at its meeting on Tuesday, 14 March.