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Yahoo
5 days ago
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- Yahoo
Council to keep new flats for homeless families
Leicester City Council looks set to keep an apartment block being built as part of a new 350-home development. The Waterside project, being delivered by the authority and Keepmoat Homes, is expected to be finished by the end of 2026, said the developer. So far, more than 200 homes - a mixture of houses and flats - have been built, as well as public open spaces on former factory sites along the banks of the Grand Union Canal. City mayor Sir Peter Soulsby is set to approve on Monday the retention of Lambert House, a block of eight two-bed flats, to be used as temporary accommodation for families who have declared themselves homeless. In a report, officers said the property would be a "significant" contribution to the council's target to deliver 1,500 "new council, social or supported living homes" by 2027. It added: "The city has experienced growing levels of homelessness and this, in turn, has led to a growing number of households in hotels and bed and breakfast accommodation." The Waterside project has also included the refurbishment of the bridge connecting Soar Lane to Soar Island, according to the Local Democracy Reporting Service. Construction of 34 homes on Soar Island is expected to be completed by the end of the year according to Keepmoat, while 53 homes will be built in the Canal Frontage phase by the end of 2026. A "specialist care block" is also due to be developed by a third-party company with that work due to start later this year, Keepmoat said, and four commercial units are also planned. Keepmoat said the project would be an £80m-plus investment into the regeneration of the area. It added that the scheme would "help transform disused and neglected industrial buildings near Leicester's waterways". Soulsby said the area had "for a long time had immense potential for regeneration" and the project will "transform Waterside into a vibrant, attractive neighbourhood in which to live and work". Follow BBC Leicester on Facebook, on X, or on Instagram. Send your story ideas to eastmidsnews@ or via WhatsApp on 0808 100 2210. Council to buy student flats to house homeless £26m makeover for 'neglected' area Local Democracy Reporting Service Leicester City Council
Yahoo
5 days ago
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- Yahoo
Council to keep new flats for homeless families
Leicester City Council looks set to keep an apartment block being built as part of a new 350-home development. The Waterside project, being delivered by the authority and Keepmoat Homes, is expected to be finished by the end of 2026, said the developer. So far, more than 200 homes - a mixture of houses and flats - have been built, as well as public open spaces on former factory sites along the banks of the Grand Union Canal. City mayor Sir Peter Soulsby is set to approve on Monday the retention of Lambert House, a block of eight two-bed flats, to be used as temporary accommodation for families who have declared themselves homeless. In a report, officers said the property would be a "significant" contribution to the council's target to deliver 1,500 "new council, social or supported living homes" by 2027. It added: "The city has experienced growing levels of homelessness and this, in turn, has led to a growing number of households in hotels and bed and breakfast accommodation." The Waterside project has also included the refurbishment of the bridge connecting Soar Lane to Soar Island, according to the Local Democracy Reporting Service. Construction of 34 homes on Soar Island is expected to be completed by the end of the year according to Keepmoat, while 53 homes will be built in the Canal Frontage phase by the end of 2026. A "specialist care block" is also due to be developed by a third-party company with that work due to start later this year, Keepmoat said, and four commercial units are also planned. Keepmoat said the project would be an £80m-plus investment into the regeneration of the area. It added that the scheme would "help transform disused and neglected industrial buildings near Leicester's waterways". Soulsby said the area had "for a long time had immense potential for regeneration" and the project will "transform Waterside into a vibrant, attractive neighbourhood in which to live and work". Follow BBC Leicester on Facebook, on X, or on Instagram. Send your story ideas to eastmidsnews@ or via WhatsApp on 0808 100 2210. Council to buy student flats to house homeless £26m makeover for 'neglected' area Local Democracy Reporting Service Leicester City Council
BBC News
5 days ago
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- BBC News
Leicester City Council to keep Waterside flats for social housing
Leicester City Council looks set to keep an apartment block being built as part of a new 350-home Waterside project, being delivered by the authority and Keepmoat Homes, is expected to be finished by the end of 2026, said the far, more than 200 homes - a mixture of houses and flats - have been built, as well as public open spaces on former factory sites along the banks of the Grand Union mayor Sir Peter Soulsby is set to approve on Monday the retention of Lambert House, a block of eight two-bed flats, to be used as temporary accommodation for families who have declared themselves homeless. In a report, officers said the property would be a "significant" contribution to the council's target to deliver 1,500 "new council, social or supported living homes" by added: "The city has experienced growing levels of homelessness and this, in turn, has led to a growing number of households in hotels and bed and breakfast accommodation." The Waterside project has also included the refurbishment of the bridge connecting Soar Lane to Soar Island, according to the Local Democracy Reporting of 34 homes on Soar Island is expected to be completed by the end of the year according to Keepmoat, while 53 homes will be built in the Canal Frontage phase by the end of 2026.A "specialist care block" is also due to be developed by a third-party company with that work due to start later this year, Keepmoat said, and four commercial units are also said the project would be an £80m-plus investment into the regeneration of the added that the scheme would "help transform disused and neglected industrial buildings near Leicester's waterways".Soulsby said the area had "for a long time had immense potential for regeneration" and the project will "transform Waterside into a vibrant, attractive neighbourhood in which to live and work".
Telegraph
23-05-2025
- Business
- Telegraph
I can finally afford to buy a London flat. Here's why I won't
I'd always assumed that as soon as I had scraped enough cash together to put a deposit down on a home, I would waste no time in getting on the property ladder. After all, that is what everyone does – or at least, everybody used to, because it was affordable and plain common sense. A typical first home cost under £50,000 in the 1980s, with the average first-time buyer aged 28 and equipped with a deposit of less than £3,000, according to research carried out by developer Keepmoat Homes. But things have changed drastically since I was born in 1997. The average English home now costs almost eight times the median annual salary, up from 3.5 then. The choice to buy a home has become monumental in financial terms – yet continues to be viewed as the most logical one to take as soon as it is feasible to do so.
BBC News
11-05-2025
- Business
- BBC News
Refused Stockton homes appeal to be heard by government inspector
A government-appointed inspector will hear an appeal concerning plans to build 265 Homes and Banks Property had wanted to build the houses off Cygnet Drive and Kingfisher Way, in Stockton, Teesside, but the bid was rejected in September last developers said the houses would not have an impact on the nearby Bowesfield nature reserve, but the proposals received 47 letters of were unhappy with the design in an area already "clogged with traffic" and said it would make "residents' lives a misery". The inspector will hear the appeal over five days, starting on 29 members went against a planning officer's recommendation to approve the housing plan, and refused it on the grounds of "a poor layout and unacceptable cramped form of development". 'Energy-efficient homes' They heard the area had limited public transport and the plans would create an "unacceptable increase" in pedestrians and cyclists. The developers said the plan would provide a wide variety of energy-efficient homes. They had previously told councillors the "final phase of regeneration" for the Bowesfield brownfield site was the first viable proposal since 2015 and would deliver social, environmental and economic benefits, the Local Democracy Reporting Service said. Follow BBC Tees on X, Facebook, Nextdoor and Instagram.
