Winchester City Council has recently completed a purchase agreement with Drew Smith Ltd (part of the Vistry Partnerships) for the completion of 54 new homes in North Whiteley. The scheme will be a mix of 2, 3 and 4 bedroom homes for affordable rent and shared ownership.

The homes will be built to the AECB standard (Association for Environment Conscious Building) addressing the climate emergency by delivering as close to net zero carbon as possible.

The new homes are expected to be completed in early 2023.

More information about the scheme and available properties can be found on the North Whiteley Website. If you are interested in one of the homes for shared ownership from Winchester City Council, please email sales@winchester.gov.uk or phone 01962 848 075.

For more information about the affordable rented scheme, and to register, please visit www.hampshirehomechoice.org.uk. Alternatively, for more information, contact the Allocations Team at Winchester City Council on 01962 848 356 or email housingallocations@winchester.gov.uk.

 

A new affordable housing scheme for Winchester City Council at Winnall Flats has just started on site, with completion planned for 2023. The new flats, which will be accredited to Passivhaus low energy building standard will provide a total of 73 new flats in two new blocks and three new houses, and will make an important contribution to making the activities of the Council carbon neutral by 2024 and for the District as a whole to be carbon neutral by 2030.

A major feature of the scheme is the upgrading of the public open space around the existing four blocks on the site (Braxton, Craddock, Dennett and Earle Houses), by changing the previous car-dominated areas to a more people focussed environment – making it more pleasant to walk around the site and also making space for a new pocket park to encourage positive resident interactions.

The scheme, will provide a mix of 35 shared ownership and 41 rented homes, and has been designed by T2 Architects and Ubu Landscape architects.

The new homes are being constructed by Wates Construction, who interestingly built the original flats on the site in the 1960s.

More information about the scheme and available properties can be found on The Orchids Website. If you are interested in one of the homes for shared ownership from Winchester City Council, please email sales@winchester.gov.uk or phone 01962 848 075.

41 one bedroom apartments will be available for private rental through Venta Living in early December 2023.  To register your interest email info@ventaliving.co.uk.

 

A new affordable housing scheme for Winchester City Council in Micheldever has just started on site, with completion planned for late 2023.

The scheme, which has been designed by Architecture PLB and is being constructed by Ascia Construction, will provide six rented flats built to the Passivhaus Plus Standard.

The Passivhaus Plus Standard is the most energy efficient standard available signifying a building produces as much energy through renewable energy as the occupants consume throughout the year. This flagship scheme is great news for tenants and the environment.

So far, there are only around 1500 Passivhaus homes across the UK, and even fewer have achieved the Passivhaus Plus standard, with Winchester City Council one of the first local authorities in the country to develop a Passivhaus Plus scheme as part of its drive to tackle climate change.

A public consultation took place in August 2020 and was followed by a resident parking survey in September 2020. As a result of the feedback received, a parking scheme has been designed to provide additional off street parking on Southbrook Cottages including 5 disabled spaces. This work will be carried out alongside the Passivhaus scheme.

For more information about the affordable rented scheme, and to register, please visit www.hampshirehomechoice.org.uk. Alternatively, for more information, contact the Allocations Team at Winchester City Council on 01962 848 356 or email housingallocations@winchester.gov.uk.