Plans to build 24 new single storey council properties on land off Market Close in Shirebrook have been approved by Bolsover District Council’s Planning Committee.
The development is on 1.2ha of land which will see 24 bungalows be constructed to meet quality standards such as the Code for Sustainable Homes Level 3, Lifetimes Homes, Building for Healthy Life 12 and Secured by Design – all at affordable rents.
Council Leader, Councillor Steve Fritchley, said: “Where land is available and not being used to its full potential, we need to be thinking how it can benefit the local community. This site is close to the town centre and all the amenities, so it is the perfect place to build new homes for our elderly residents so they do not have to move out of the town.”
This latest development is the next phase of houses to be built under the Bolsover Homes banner, a £36million scheme to build up to 400 new council properties.
