Winchester City Council has recently completed a purchase agreement with Drew Smith Ltd (part of the Vistry Partnerships) for the completion of 54 new homes in North Whiteley. The scheme will be a mix of 2, 3 and 4 bedroom homes for affordable rent and shared ownership.

The homes will be built to the AECB standard (Association for Environment Conscious Building) addressing the climate emergency by delivering as close to net zero carbon as possible.

The new homes are expected to be completed in early 2023.

More information about the scheme and available properties can be found on the North Whiteley Website. If you are interested in one of the homes for shared ownership from Winchester City Council, please email sales@winchester.gov.uk or phone 01962 848 075.

For more information about the affordable rented scheme, and to register, please visit www.hampshirehomechoice.org.uk. Alternatively, for more information, contact the Allocations Team at Winchester City Council on 01962 848 356 or email housingallocations@winchester.gov.uk.

 

A new housing scheme for Winchester City Council at Winnall Flats is underway, with completion planned for 2023. The new flats, which will be accredited to Passivhaus low energy building standard will provide a total of 73 new flats in two new blocks and three new houses, and will make an important contribution to making the activities of the Council carbon neutral by 2024 and for the District as a whole to be carbon neutral by 2030.

A major feature of the scheme is the upgrading of the public open space around the existing four blocks on the site (Braxton, Craddock, Dennett and Earle Houses), by changing the previous car-dominated areas to a more people focussed environment – making it more pleasant to walk around the site and also making space for a new pocket park to encourage positive resident interactions.

As part of the scheme, there will be 35 shared ownership  homes,which have been designed by T2 Architects and Ubu Landscape architects.

The new homes are being constructed by Wates Construction, who interestingly built the original flats on the site in the 1960s.

More information shared ownership and available properties can be found on The Orchids Website. If you are interested in one of the homes for shared ownership from Winchester City Council, please email sales@winchester.gov.uk or phone 01962 848 075.

 

A new affordable housing scheme for Winchester City Council in Micheldever has just started on site, with completion planned for late 2023.

The scheme, which has been designed by Architecture PLB and is being constructed by Ascia Construction, will provide six rented flats built to the Passivhaus Plus Standard.

The Passivhaus Plus Standard is the most energy efficient standard available signifying a building produces as much energy through renewable energy as the occupants consume throughout the year. This flagship scheme is great news for tenants and the environment.

So far, there are only around 1500 Passivhaus homes across the UK, and even fewer have achieved the Passivhaus Plus standard, with Winchester City Council one of the first local authorities in the country to develop a Passivhaus Plus scheme as part of its drive to tackle climate change.

A public consultation took place in August 2020 and was followed by a resident parking survey in September 2020. As a result of the feedback received, a parking scheme has been designed to provide additional off street parking on Southbrook Cottages including 5 disabled spaces. This work will be carried out alongside the Passivhaus scheme.

For more information about the affordable rented scheme, and to register, please visit www.hampshirehomechoice.org.uk. Alternatively, for more information, contact the Allocations Team at Winchester City Council on 01962 848 356 or email housingallocations@winchester.gov.uk.

Here are a list of schemes being developed by Registered Providers in the Winchester district. These are schemes that are due or estimated to be complete within the next 12 months.

Provider	Scheme/Location	Property Type	Tenure	Due
Sovereign	Former Police HQ (Knights Quarter)	Mix of 1 & 2 bedroom flats	Shared Ownership	Summer 2023
Vivid	Whiteley Meadows	Mix of 2 & 3 bedroom houses	Shared Ownership	Summer 2023
St Johns	Colebrook Street, Winchester	1 bedroom flats	Rented Almshouses	End 2023
Vivid	Kings Barton	2 bedroom flats	Shared Ownership	Summer 2023
Grainger Trust	Berewood	Mix of 1 & 2 bedroom flats and a mix of 2, 3 & 4 bedroom houses.	Rented and Shared Ownership	Est. 2024/25
St Johns	Moorside, Durngate, Winchester	Mix of 1 & 2 bedroom flats	Rented Almshouses	Est. 2024/25
Hastoe	Land To The South of Botley Road B3035, Curdridge	Mix of 1 bedroom flats and 2 & 3 bedroom houses	Rented and Shared Ownership	Est. 2024/25
Not decided	Sun Lane, New Alresford	Mix of 1 bedroom flats and 2, 3 & 4 bedroom houses	Afforable Rent and Shared Ownership	Est. 2024/25
Not decided	The Lakes, Swanmore	Mix of 1 bedroom flats and 2 & 3 bedroom houses	Afforable Rent and Shared Ownership	Est. 2024/25

We will continue to update the table when we receive more information from the providers. 

If you would like more information on the schemes, please contact the RP directly, by following the links.