Cambridge Investment Partnership (CIP) has secured planning consent for a new mixed-tenure development of 84 council and market sale homes at Fanshawe Road, Cambridge.
The joint venture partnership between Cambridge City Council and The Hill Group will deliver 45 council homes designed to Passivhaus-equivalent performance levels and 39 market sale homes on the site, which formerly housed 30 homes built in the 1950s.
Of the 45 council homes, 34 will be affordable rent at 60% of the market rate, which is the council’s standard for new builds, and 11 will be affordable rent at 80% of the market rate.
The new development will feature 76 homes within four apartment buildings, with a further eight houses positioned on the eastern and western boundaries of the site.
Gerri Bird, executive councillor for housing at Cambridge City Council and CIP board member, said: “We are committed to building a new generation of high-quality, sustainable council homes, particularly for those on lower incomes, so we are delighted that our plans for Fanshawe Road have been approved.”
Tom Hill, managing director at The Hill Group, added: “Our partnership is committed to providing high quality, safe, attractive, and sustainable communities for people to live in and we look forward to work starting on site in the near future. As well as these much needed new homes we will be enriching the open space and increasing the net biodiversity gain by 35% including the planting of new trees and wildflowers as well as the introduction of bat and bird boxes.”
