A new development will see 85 zero-carbon homes built in York – run on renewable energy.
The development forms part of City of York Council’s Housing Delivery Programme, which aims to build 600 homes with at least 40% of them affordable, being a mix of social rent and shared ownership.
The council owns the site on Ordnance Lane and Hospital Fields Road. Planning permission is now being sought for the innovative development.
The designs by architects Mikhail Riches follow three workshops with residents and other stakeholders.
Some of the homes will allow different generations of a family to live under one roof, providing independence but with support nearby when needed.
The development will also encourage older and younger households to live, work and socialise together, sharing access to meeting, eating and library spaces as well as the outdoor areas.
Each home will have private outdoor space and two new public green spaces are planned including spaces for community growing.
Few cars
The plans also include indoor community spaces, shops and places to work, along car-free routes that connect to the wider neighbourhood.
The former army Married Quarters Building would be modified as part of the development.
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It will be a green place to live too. The planning documents state: “The development is a sustainable one, including Passivhaus homes, renewable energy generation, allowing for a net zero operational carbon and water recycling.
“It is fitting that the development should be low car and should instead prioritise other forms of transport.”
Cllr Denise Craghill, executive member for housing and safer neighbourhoods, said: “I’m very pleased to see this ground-breaking development going forward to planning.
“High levels of participation by local residents in the design process have helped to produce an innovative application that offers inter-generational living alongside low-carbon lifestyles and energy-efficient homes with low energy bills.”
You can read more about the development on the council web page here, or look at the plans here.
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