Housing Executive raises concerns about makeup of development, saying 'it is essential that new homes meet a wider variety of housing needs'
A plan for a 100 percent social housing apartment block at the site of the old Havelock House building in South Belfast has been approved despite over 500 objections being lodged and concerns being raised by the Housing Executive.
READ MORE:Sandy Row traders tell City Hall Boyne Bridge closure has left area “log-jam or ghost town"And at the council’s monthly meeting of its Planning Committee on Tuesday , elected representatives agreed an application from developer Genova North West Limited, of Banbridge, in conjunction with Clanmil Housing Association for the erection of 104 residential units across two detached blocks, ranging between three and five storeys, at Havelock Place, BT7.
On a vote at the Planning Committee, 14 voted in favour of the application, from Sinn Féin, the DUP, the SDLP and the UUP, while four voted against from the Alliance Party. The key issues identified in the objections were that the application was the “wrong form” of development and social housing, and that the plan would not result in social regeneration.
The council received a letter from the Housing Executive on the application this week. The council officer at the Planning meeting said: “They confirmed they fully support a mixed tenure scheme of 84 social homes. “They say it is essential that new homes meet a wider variety of housing needs. They don’t anticipate difficulties achieving fully mixed tenures for schemes of the scale proposed. They add a mixed tenure approach is crucial to fulfilling the Belfast Agenda and an ambition to increase city centre living.”
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