A derelict site that has been vacant for more than a decade will soon be replaced by dozens of council homes.
The demolished Alice Burrows Care Home site in Dwyer Road, Southcote, has been dormant for more than a decade. It was last seen standing in 2009, after which it was demolished so that the land could be repurposed by Reading Borough Council.
Now council housing for families and the vulnerable will be built on the ground where it once stood.
The council’s plan to build a mix of houses and flats on the site was recently discussed at a planning applications committee meeting.
Members acknowledged how long the site has been left vacant.
Of the 30 homes that will be provided, there will be 15 one-bedroom flats, a five-bedroom home, six four-bedroom homes and eight three-bedroom houses, all of which will be available for affordable rent once built.
These will be contained in an apartment block, a terrace of 10 homes, two sets of two semi-detached houses and the detached five-bedroom home.
For the 30 homes, 24 car parking spaces will be provided, with two of these reserved for the disabled.
The application was approved unanimously by Reading Borough Council’s planning committee on Wednesday, December 6.
