'Affordable' housing plans win council approval
Believe HousingPlans that will see more than 100 homes built across two sites have been approved.
Durham County Council backed the applications by Believe Housing for plots at Brandon and Newton Hall, both near Durham City.
Ninety houses, including bungalows, will be constructed at Brandon with 22 properties - also including bungalows - built at Newton Hall.
Believe said the developments would help meet the need for affordable homes in the area.
It added the properties at Brandon would transform land at Silver Courts, Vicarage Flats, Rowan Lea and Red Firs where 121 homes once stood before being demolished.
The not-for-profit housing association said residents would be within walking and cycling distance of local amenities and the development would also improve public transport by upgrading an existing southbound bus stop and installing a new northbound stop.
Homes will be made available through a combination of social rent, shared ownership and rent-to-buy schemes, according to the Local Democracy Reporting Service.
At Newton Hall, the new houses at Farnham Road will be on a spot where properties built in the 1960s as temporary accommodation have been knocked down.
Each home will have off-street parking, which Believe said would be an improvement as people living in the area previously used on-street spaces.
Both schemes were approved by the county council at a meeting onTuesday.