Rotherham Council are continuing to honour their commitment to deliver more new homes for the borough through their ambitious Housing Delivery Programme.
The Council has pledged to deliver hundreds of new high-quality homes across the borough by either building new homes, or through acquiring properties from a range of sources, including private developers and the open market.
Since April 2024, nearly 60 new homes have been delivered for Council rent or shared ownership, taking the total to 575 homes since January 2018. A further 129 are currently under construction or in the process of being purchased.
Later this month the Council’s Cabinet is set to approve further updates to the Housing Programme which looks to address the borough’s continuing need for more affordable homes across the borough.
If approved, an additional ten schemes will be added to the housing programme, delivering homes on both Council owned sites and through strategic acquisitions.
Assistant Director of Housing at Rotherham Council, James Clark said: “In 2018 we made a pledge to support our residents with their housing needs by providing more affordable and high-quality council homes for local people to rent. Five years on, we remain committed to this ambitious programme and continue to work at pace to deliver, despite the growing challenges of the cost of living crisis.
“Over 7,200 households are currently on our Housing Register and the level of demand only continues to rise. With this in mind, it is vital that the Council looks at all opportunities to build or acquire good quality, affordable homes to ensure more residents have a safe, secure place to call home.”
Cabinet Members will also consider proposals to develop a Council-owned site at Far Lane in East Dene. If agreed, the site will deliver an estimated 14 new homes on a former garage site.
Whilst this scheme is still at an early stage in the design process, the development is likely to deliver 14 two-bedroom apartments across seven two storey semi-detached and detached buildings.
The properties delivered since April include:
- Eleven properties for Council rent and shared ownership on Wood Lane, Treeton
- 10 properties for Council rent in East Herringthorpe
- 3 properties for Council rent on Wentworth View, Thorpe Hesley
- 3 properties for Council rent on Hillside Green, Thorpe Hesley
- Twelve properties for Council rent on Station Road, Wath
- 8 properties for Council rent on Brecks Lane
- 5 properties for Council rent on North Farm Close
- 4 properties for Council rent on Swan Way, Waverley
- 1 property for Council rent at Walesmoor Avenue, Kiveton Park
Further information about council homes and shared ownership is available by visiting www.rotherham.gov.uk/housing
PICTURED: Garry Newton, David Bagnall, Alex Young, Ben Barraclough, Kairen Shearon, and Danielle Hutton from Rotherham Council’s Housing Service.