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Suffolk eco homes plan approved
Posted: 06/03/2007
Much needed affordable homes in a historic Suffolk town have been given the go-ahead - and hailed as an “outstanding example” of environmentally-friendly living. The £1.15 million landmark development in Bury St Edmunds' town centre has been designed to meet the highest environmental standards, developers have said.
Following two years of designs and two unsuccessful planning applications, the affordable homes complex in Kings Road will now see a dozen one-bedroom and two-bedroom flats built by the Havebury Housing Partnership.
Development manager Dennis Heath said: “Kings Road will provide much-needed affordable housing in Bury St Edmunds town centre within easy access of shops and services. “The new homes meet the highest Eco-Homes rating and the development is set to become an outstanding example of sustainable design.”
The Eco-Homes standard is an environmental rating system which looks at factors including energy use, water consumption, pollution and materials used.
The developers said that the new timber clad, timber framed homes will be built using high levels of recycled materials and each flat will be fully insulated to minimise heat demands.
Solar generators will also generate the majority of hot water and heating needs, backed up by one boiler to serve the 12 properties. Additional eco-friendly features of the development include a planted screen running along parts of the building which will reduce air temperature and shelter from the sun in summer.
The accommodation will replace three Victorian houses - converted into one office space - in an existing residential area near the town's new cinema complex.
Dave Gooderham / East Anglian Daily Times
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