Developer acquires four sites for £65m of affordable homes in the North East and Yorkshire

Esh Construction is set to deliver almost 300 affordable homes across the North East and Yorkshire after the completion of land purchases across four sites.

The housing will be built on behalf of the developer’s social landlord clients, including Together Housing, Karbon Homes and Housing 21.

In the North East, Esh has acquired a plot for later living housing provider Housing 21 for a 55-home extra care development worth £20m.

The Sunderland Road, Gateshead, scheme will replace a derelict library with 43 one- and two-bedroom flats, 12 detached and semi-detached bungalows and a warden’s dormer bungalow.

In Jarrow, Esh has bought land for housing association Karbon Homes directly from South Tyneside Council to build a mix of one-, two-, three- and four-bedroom houses and two-bedroom flats as part of a £9m affordable housing scheme.

Meanwhile, in Yorkshire, land purchases in Bridlington and Hull will facilitate developments worth £36m.

Affordable homes and a 68-apartment extra care scheme will be delivered two miles from Bridlington town centre for Housing 21, while 65 two-, three- and four-bedroom properties for affordable rent are planned for Hull on behalf of 37,000-home social landlord Together Housing.

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Laura Devaney, land and partnerships director at Esh Construction, said: “We have forged important relationships with Homes England, local authorities and registered housing providers and the culmination of these four projects is testament to the work going on behind the scenes to carry out surveys and investigations into site viability.”

Esh confirmed that planning applications for all four sites have been submitted, with work due to start imminently.

The firm is a Homes England investment partner and can access grant funding on behalf of its registered housing provider clients.

It launched a land-led development strategy in 2019 and has completed affordable housing schemes in Leeds, Doncaster and Durham so far.