£3.3m grant paves way for 57 new 'eco-homes'

HULL is to get its first "eco" homes after the city council and housing association Pickering and Ferens Homes were awarded a £3.3m grant from the Homes and Communities Agency.

A total of 57 new homes will be built and will be the first in the city to meet Level 4 of the Code for Sustainable Homes, a guideline to drive up standards in construction.

Typical features will include cavity, loft and under-floor insulation, on-site recycling of water, high efficiency boilers, renewable timbers and high performance double glazed windows and doors.

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Homes built to this standard could see annual heating bills cut by up to 75 per cent, the council said.

Pauline Davis, strategic director for housing investment and renewal at the council, said: "We are absolutely committed to developing new, high quality housing for rent in the city and the success of this bid shows our determination to take advantage of every possible funding opportunity."

In West Hull, 38 houses and bungalows will be built at Junella Fields, off Woodcock Street, as part of the multi-million pound regeneration of the Newington and St Andrew's wards.

All will be available for rent, 18 of them through the council and 20 through Pickering and Ferens Homes.

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A further 19 council homes will be built at Lingdale Road and Preston Road in East Hull.

St Andrew's ward councillor Nadine Fudge said: "I am pleased that this bid has been successful because myself and the local community have fought for development on this site for a long time.

"Along with the new homes now on site at St Andrew's Square, it will mean a massive improvement to the area as well as creating more local jobs."

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