A NEW development is planned for a Reading town centre site, with all 54 homes planned to be eco-friendly and affordable.
Development company Abri says it has bought land at 115 Chatham Street – close to the multi-storey car park and The Butler pub.
It is part of a £15 million project from the company to build at least 12,500 new homes by 2030.
And the company says that because its values include everyone having the right to a safe, warm and sustainable home, it is aiming to tackle climate change through its builds.
This means the 54 homes will be heated solely by air source heat pumps with no gas boilers on site.
The air source heat pumps which extract renewable heat from the outside air, and are considered to be a greener alternative to gas.
Forty two of the homes will be available to buy through a shared ownership scheme, while 12 of the homes will be available to rent.
There will be 27 one-bedroom homes, 25 two-beds and two three-beds.
And each will be built through the company’s own construction management team.
Work is expected to begin this summer, on the site of the former Bottomline Technologies Europe offices.
Gavin Board, Senior Land Manager at Abri said: “One of our priorities is to make sure Abri has a carbon neutral impact and by moving away from gas heating we’re helping to make these homes sustainable long term.
“Abri is committed to building at least 1,500 new homes a year by 2030 and using our own in-house construction team will help us make sure the homes are of the very best quality.
“We want to improve opportunities for home ownership for more people and these affordable homes will do that in an area where they’re so vitally needed.”
