On the right road to delivering more affordable housing for families in Stevenage
On 24 February, councillors and guests were invited to an onsite update, looking at the progress of the Helston House development as well as providing an overview of all other sites.
This session gave the Housing Development team an opportunity to bring everyone up to speed with the challenges and successes that have taken place since the handover of The Oaks Cross development back in September 2022.
Proving popular with all the guests, it was a great opportunity to explain the progress made to date. Throughout the afternoon the group had a tour around the soon-to-be-completed Helston House development, providing an opportunity to ask questions and find out more about the road to completion and occupation of the properties later this spring.
Councillor Jeannette Thomas, Deputy Leader of the Council and Executive Member for Housing and Housing Development said: “We’re building back better and greener and this development will see the delivery of 29 one, two and three-bedroom apartments all allocated for social rent.
“It has been designed and built with the ambition of helping to reduce the ongoing carbon footprint, using sustainable construction materials and featuring a wide range of low impact, environmentally friendly state-of-the-art technology.”
Helston House benefits from:
- Zero gas – with electric boilers
- Photo Voltaic Energy Generation.
- Electric Vehicle Charging points.
- Enhanced insulation
- Triple glazing throughout the scheme
- Greywater heat recovery systems
- LED lighting throughout
- 30 secure cycle spaces to encourage active transport
- Sustainable Drainage Systems Infiltration techniques such as green roofs, rain gardens, pervious pavements and shallow soakaways
All of our new housing developments are designed to adhere to our 5-star quality approach, which is helping us to define the quality of our wider programme. This helps us to ensure developments are sustainable, and affordable for new tenants and make the best use of the assets we have available. The 5-star approach principles are:
- Sustainable Development
- Genuinely Affordable Rents
- Tenure Blind Design
- Makes Best Use of Land
- Community Led Consultation