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Nov 2023
New Dene Park council houses the most energy efficient in North Yorkshire
Five new homes in Harrogate are the most energy efficient properties ever developed by North Yorkshire Council, the local authority said today.
The three houses and two flats, which have been built on the site of a former car park in Dene Park, in the Woodfield area of Bilton, have air source heat pumps, solar panels, triple glazing and insulation.
The homes, which were developed for £1 million as part of a council scheme to turn redundant land into social housing, will be let to local people.
The scheme sees the council in-house development team obtain unused land, dilapidated garages and anti-social behaviour hotspots, then build properties and let them as social housing.
The Harrogate homes are the latest in more than 50 to be built on in the former Harrogate and Craven district areas over the last eight years.
The largest house will produce 0.3 tonnes of carbon dioxide a year, compared to an average home creating six tonnes.
Cllr Simon Myers, the council’s Conservative executive member for housing, said:
Cllr Simon Myers (centre) outside the new Harrogate homes with the council’s assistant director of housing, Andrew Rowe (left) and corporate director for community development, Nic Harne.
Kirsty Birbeck, manager for provider management at government housing agency Homes England, which contributed a £225,000 grant, said:
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