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Demolition deal paves way for £11m project
DEMOLITION will finally pave the way for new homes in Beeston, after the last old house in the Beverleys was bought by Leeds City Council.
The major 11m project to replace obsolete housing in the area will see more than 130 poor quality properties replaced with modern, high-quality, affordable housing.
This month, the final resident moved out of the Beverleys after the council arranged to buy their home.
The area suffers from poor or obsolete housing and this renewal of the housing market is part of the comprehensive regeneration of Beeston Hill and Holbeck.
They will be replaced with 55 two, three and four-bedroom houses, each with its own private garden.
In 2005, the council's executive board approved proposals for the acquisition and demolition of properties in the Beverleys area – a high number of which were unfit or empty at the time, while many of the residents were hoping to move out of the area.
A total of 97 privately-owned properties were bought by the council so that 132 buildings, including pre-1919 back-to-back houses, could be demolished to make way for new affordable homes on the cleared site. The basic fabric of many of these properties was beyond repair.
Early phases of demolition have been taking place since last year but now that all properties are within council ownership the area will be cleared over the coming months.
Officers are working with Chevin Housing Association who intend to submit a planning application for redevelopment of the site shortly. The plans will be available to view at the Dewsbury Road One Stop Centre on December 16 and 17.
Chevin Housing Association will also submit an application to the Homes and Communities Agency for grant funding for the development of new affordable homes for rent and for shared ownership on the site.
If planning approval and funding is secured it is hoped that work on the new homes will start mid-2010.
Coun Les Carter, Leeds City Council's executive board member for housing, said: "This is an area plagued by poor housing and radical action was needed to improve the situation."
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