Over 100 affordable homes proposed for Bradford
Plans to construct 130 new homes on two neighbouring sites in the northern city have been revealed.
Incommunities, one of the largest social housing providers in Yorkshire which was formed in 2023 after a stock transfer from Bradford Council, has submitted an application for the plots of land in the Ravenscliffe area.
If the application is approved, one set of homes will be built on land to the east of Roundwood Glen and Ranelagh Avenue, which is located near Fagley Beck. The other set of properties will be taking place on an area of green land off Norbury Road.
However, before the development can take place the planning application has also requested to improve Norbury Road – an unmade road that passes through one of the sites that will become the main access for some of the new houses.
The application said: ‘The scheme will deliver economic, social, and environmental benefits whilst utilising the space to meet an identified housing need within the area and will deliver positive outcomes for the local area.’
Although, the application goes on to detail that trees will have to be removed from the sites and that any controversy that this might cause should be considered against the ‘delivery of a significant number of homes and the provision of landscaping.’
The application added: ‘Ultimately, the scheme has sought to deliver a successful housing scheme on the allocated site.’
One part of making this new scheme ‘successful’ includes the plans to incorporate certain measures that boost biodiversity in the area with street trees and hedgerows, according to the Local democracy Reporting Service.
News of these new homes potentially being in the pipeline couldn’t have come at a better time as recent data from the Office of National Statistics (ONS) revealed full-time workers in Bradford could except to spend 5.1 times their annual earnings on purchasing a home in 2023 – close to the ratio of five times the previous year.
In addition, figures from the ONS found that houses in Bradford were 3.2% more expensive last year as opposed to 2022, at an average price of £160,000.
MPs from Bradford Council are due to meet in June to discuss the new homes application.
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