A DEVELOPER has confirmed it has now bought the land it received permission to build 82 affordable homes on last year.
Countryside, known as the UK's leading mixed-tenure developer, has completed the purchase of the land on Spen View Lane in Bierley.
A range of two and three-bedroom homes will be built on the 3.4 hectare site in partnership with Sage Housing, England's largest provider of newly built affordable homes.
All 82 properties will be available for affordable rent by people on the Council waiting list. The majority of homes will be accessed via a new road off Shetcliffe Lane.
As part of the scheme, Countryside will be investing over £70,000 into the local community, with a contribution of £10,000 towards public transport, £18,000 towards a bus shelter and a further £42,455 towards M-Cards for residents to encourage sustainable travel in the area.
This is part of the planning obligations that were secured through a Section 106 legal agreement as a condition of approving the plans.
Chris Penn, managing director, Yorkshire, Countryside, said: “Our commitment to working in partnership provides the perfect basis for Countryside and registered providers to use our respective expertise to unlock land potential and create new communities of high quality, affordable and sustainable homes for local people.
“We are proud to be extending our partnership with Sage Housing at Spen View Lane in Bradford. Through this collaboration we will both increase the supply of affordable homes for the region whilst creating a vibrant new neighbourhood and investing in the local community.”
The plans were approved in October last year by Bradford Council planners. A section of the development which encroaches onto the Green Belt will be kept as an area of public open space, intersected by a cycle path.
More than 60 objections were made by nearby residents against the plans, with concerns over the road infrastructure “not being able to cope now, never mind with 80 more homes”, the impact of loss of green space on the environment and wildlife.
There were also fears about schools, doctors and dentists being over-subscribed with 80 families moving into the area.
The Council approved the scheme despite the level of objection.
Lockwood Farm had been earmarked for housing previously drawing strong opposition locally.
The approval came almost a year after plans for 67 homes on land directly south were rejected as part of the site encroached on the Green Belt.
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