Proposals have been submitted to Hull City Council for 24 homes to be built on land near Preston Road Women’s Centre, known locally as Purple House.
Otherwise known as ‘White Place’, the development has been put forward by Winner Trading Ltd, the commercial arm of the charity Winner and is comprised of a mix of townhouses and flats.
If approved, the scheme would see the demolition of a disused single-storey building to the west of the site, previously home to the Preston Road Family Community Centre. In its place, the development would deliver eight three-bedroom townhouses, eight two-bedroom flats, and eight one-bedroom flats arranged around a shared courtyard space.
According to planning documents, the homes are intended to provide ‘housing aimed at vulnerable women’, extending the work already undertaken by the charity, which has been operating on the Preston Road estate for over two decades.
Winner, which stands for Women Improving Now, Not Ever Retreating, was founded in 1999 after a group of local women secured funding. The organisation now offers accredited training, specialist domestic abuse and sexual health services, and outreach programmes for women experiencing isolation. The charity claims ‘many thousands’ have benefited from its services since its launch.
The development would include seven parking spaces, accessible from Mappleton Grove to the north of the site. The applicants argue that this is sufficient given low levels of car ownership among existing residents associated with Winner — just 6.6% of 181 current tenants have access to a car.
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