| Ten innovative new homes were lifted into place by crane this week as South Kesteven District Council took delivery of its first modular council houses. |
| The affordable housing was built remotely, brought in by lorry and put together on land west of Kinoulton Court, Grantham. The modular format creates energy-efficient new homes that have lifetime home features, making them fully accessible and easily adaptable for additional needs at minimal cost. The project can take half the time of a traditional build. The ten one-bedroom units will shortly be available to people on the housing register. They form part of SKDC’s commitment to deliver good quality social housing across the district. Cabinet Member for Housing, Cllr Barry Dobson, said: “Affordable housing is in short supply across the country and South Kesteven is no exception. “This is an ambitious new-style development providing homes for those who need them most. “It is the first of several new developments SKDC has in the pipeline to meet demand as part of our £60m investment in new housing over the next five years. This will include sites for more new builds to provide more than 500 homes for local people on our housing register. “We are building new homes in a range of different ways and this modular housing project is unique for us in that it is not a traditional onsite build. “It’s great to see these much-needed homes being lifted into place after our property development team identified the need, won approval for the plans and sourced the modular designs.” Premier Modular produces each entire module off-site before transporting to Grantham for installation. Once on site the brickwork cladding, roofing, and the finishing touches to the exterior frames are completed. A similar project for four homes is under way at Earlesfield Lane, also in Grantham. “We are creating a better quality of life for our residents, which is part of our vision for the future of this district,” Cllr Dobson added. “As we move forward with these building projects in Bourne, Market Deeping, Stamford and Grantham, we are focusing on individual homes and small to medium developments rather than the large council estates built in the past.” During the week, Harlaxton Road together with other roads in Earlesfield, have seen parking restrictions to allow the extra wide loads. |
These new shoe boxes are a joke, the bottom ones at the top end of the plot are crammed in that close to the fence and wall I can’t see them ever getting any daylight and as for the residents of Hornsby road, we were promised we wouldn’t be over looked by said boxes but what a load of tosh, you wouldn’t feel much more invaded if the new residents moved into your shed and as for fitting in with their surroundings they look like elephant stuffed into a dog kennel. And the folks at the council wonder why we don’t trust them and think they are all a joke.
As a resident on Hornsby Road, we are devastated at the mess overlooking our garden. I have lived here since the houses were built when I was 14, 40 years ago. We’ve spent many years enjoying summers in our garden but now our privacy and sun light is gone. The flat wall literally starts a mere few feet from our back fence. The council had promised the flats would not devalue our house, block our sunlight or affect our privacy in any way but all three have been seriously compromised. Our houses our not owned by the council, they are all private family homes and this is most distressing and unfair. I appreciate there is a serious need for housing but this shouldn’t be at the expense of the people already residing here. This was badly planned and appealed against by every resident on Hornsby Road that would be affected, but our pleas were ignored.
We have photos to show how awful these structures have affected our homes. Any advice would be very much appreciated.
We are creating a better quality of life for our residents! And at the same time destroying the living space for people who have lived here for years and payed good money to make a nice home. SKDC ignored very complaint during the planning process and Had total disregard for the residence concerns. It will be interesting to see the overshadowing survey.