Affordable housing doubles in borough

Affordable housing doubles in borough

4:10pm Saturday 31st December 2011 in News

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THE number of affordable housing in the borough more than doubled in the last year.

The detail was revealed in Warrington Borough Council’s latest Local Development Framework Annual Monitoring Report, which was approved by
councillors last month.

There were 291 affordable homes built in 2010/11 compared to 133 the previous year and 189 of the homes built were for social rent.

Also 524 out of 545 new homes were created as part of regeneration of previously developed land during the year.

And going green was a key factor for homes across the borough with those installing solar panels and 20 new council homes built specifically for older people featured the eco-friendly panels.

More than £2.7million was raised from agreements with developers who had put forward schemes across the town – more than six times the figure collected in the previous year.

Clr Terry O’Neill, leader of the council, said: “I am proud of the significant progress we have made in the past year in the provision of affordable housing in Warrington.

“We have also significantly boosted the funding gained through section 106 agreements and increased our use of solar panels. We now plan to build on this success to make even greater progress in
2012.”

The report is an annual monitoring document that the council is required to publish each year and it is available to view at warrington.gov.uk

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