New Affordable Homes Coming to Salthouse

Work has started on the construction of 5 new affordable homes for rent in Salthouse, prioritised for locals from the village and nearby areas.

Representatives from Broadland and North Norfolk District Council recently celebrated the start of this project with a sod-cutting ceremony on Purdy Street in the village.

The new development includes three houses and two bungalows designed to be operationally carbon net zero. These homes will have air source heat pumps, treble glazed windows, enhanced insulation and air tightness, along with mechanical ventilation. Solar panels will provide renewable energy, and each home will have its own electric vehicle charging point.

The homes are designed to blend in with the village’s look, featuring lots of flint and in the style of a converted farmyard. The project includes two two-bedroom bungalows, two three-bedroom houses, and one two-bedroom house.

Partnerships Making It Possible

The building of the new affordable homes has been made possible through partnership between Broadland Housing, North Norfolk District Council, and Homes England, as part of a wider package of six Broadland Housing ‘local need exception housing’ schemes across North Norfolk District.

Our Chief Executive, Michael Newey, emphasised the importance of these homes.

Right across North Norfolk, villages are in critical need of affordable housing so that local people can live and work in their local communities. This is a very good example of a scheme which is delivering exactly those kind of homes, designed to fit the local aesthetic of the existing village, and carbon net zero so that the impact on the environment is minimised. We consulted with the local community, which asked us to make use of flint so that the new homes blend into Sathouse’s Conservation Area and the Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

In the current economic climate it is extremely difficult to deliver new affordable homes, but Broadland remains committed to doing everything we can to build new homes to meet that huge local need.
_{Michael Newey, Chief Executive}

Deputy leader of North Norfolk District Council, Cllr Wendy Fredericks, expressed her excitement about the project.

I am incredibly excited that Broadland Housing Association has taken this opportunity to build affordable affordable homes for those living and working in the area who are in need of safe quality accommodation which is cheap to run and aesthetically pleasing.
_{Cllr Wendy Fredericks, Deputy Leader NNDC}

Cllr Victoria Holliday, the District Councillor for Salthouse, added:

I am thrilled to be able to welcome five new families to our village, and so glad that people who were brought up here will have a chance to return – and who would otherwise not be able to live in Salthouse.
_{Cllr Victoria Holliday, District Councillor}

The new homes are being constructed by Smith of Honingham. Jonathan Smith, the Commercial Director, who said:

We are delighted once again to be working in partnership with Broadland Housing, delivering these much needed homes for local people.
_{Jonathan Smith, Smith of Honingham}