Affordable housing development set to be built on former Bradford car park
A development of affordable housing will be built on a former car park next to a Bradford swimming pool.
Breck Homes has this week been granted planning permission to build 20 homes on land next to Bowling Pool at Flockton Road – with a condition being that 100 per cent of the housing is classed as affordable.
The future homes will also be “energy efficient.”
The site was recently owned by Bradford Council until it was sold to the housing developer early last year.
It was one of dozens of sites the cash strapped Council has sold off in recent years to try and balance its books.
The site had been earmarked for housing in the past, with planning permission having been granted in 2015, but it remains undeveloped.
Breck Homes has also submitted plans to build a further 32 homes on a vacant site the other side of the pool, and next to Bolling Hall Museum.
A decision on that application has yet to be made.
The Flockton Road site will be a mix of housing, with four one bed ground floor maisonettes, four two bed first floor maisonettes, four two bed houses, six three bed houses and two four bed houses.
Most of the homes will have private gardens, and there will also be a communal garden area.
The company said: “The application relates to a currently vacant and unused site which has previously had outline planning permission and reserved matters approval for residential development but which was never implemented.
“It will provide a suitable mix of affordable dwellings which will help address the current unmet need for affordable housing in the area.
“It is anticipated that the majority of the new homes will be occupied by people and young families in active employment helping to ensure the economically active population can be retained and increase the support for existing local facilities.”
The housing developer hopes that national body Homes England will provide grants for the scheme due to its provision of 100 per cent affordable housing.
When the proposals were first announced, a statement from Breck Homes said: “The schemes will feature a combination of shared ownership and homes for affordable rent. Breck is currently in discussion with a number of housing association partners to acquire and manage the units on completion.
“The developments are expected to commence build mid-2026 subject to planning approval.”