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Green Homes for West Sussex Tenants

Posted: 14/06/2010

A green and affordable housing development in Lancing is now home to 26 local families. The environmentally friendly, economical homes were built on the site of the former St Giles Day Care Centre in Lancing, West Sussex. The families are all local people who were on the Adur Council housing register.

Adur Council’s cabinet member for regeneration, Jim Funnell said: 'This development is a good example of how working with others we can achieve real results. The homes are very impressive. They are light and airy, with some great environmentally friendly features.'

Homes and Community Agency (HCA) contributed £1.95 million from the National Affordable Housing Programme, Adur District Council added £195,000 the remaining money, £2.1 million came from affordable housing provider Affinity Sutton – one of the largest providers of affordable housing in the UK.

Tracy Evans, Head of Housing South, for Affinity Sutton, said: 'We are committed to providing much needed affordable, well-designed homes for local residents and their families and would like to thank Adur District Council for their support.'

Kevin Bourner, Head of area at the HCA, said: 'I’m delighted we’ve been able to support this sustainable and affordable development in Lancing. This is great news for the area, and we will continue to support local communities in creating new and affordable places for people to live and work across West Sussex.'

The development, built by Crest Nicholson, includes 12 two and three bedroom family homes, two specially adapted bungalows for people with restricted mobility and 12 two bedroom flats all for affordable rent, and meets sector leading HCA design standards.
There are a host of ‘green’ features, including solar panels, water butts and a communal bike store. The Photovoltaic solar panels fitted to the new homes are more energy efficient making them kinder to the environment.

Photovoltaic systems are non-polluting energy sources which convert sunlight directly into electricity, even on cloudy days. It is estimated one tonne of carbon dioxide emissions can be saved every year in a typical household.

One of the apartment blocks uses a special timber frame construction design and all of the homes meet lifetime homes standard as well as Level four of the Code for Sustainable Homes set by the Department for Communities and Local Government.
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