Building work on 10 new affordable eco homes in the Holme Valley could start early in 2025.
Final planning approval has been given for the energy efficient homes exclusively for local families priced out of the housing market.
After some delay in finalising the legal documentation, the planning permission has now been signed off by Kirklees Council.
In a move that’s thought to be the first of its kind in Kirklees the homes will be built on the site of an old stone quarry at Chippings off Chapelgate in Scholes.
The homes are being built by EcoHolmes Community Land Trust, a Holme Valley-based charitable organisation set up to provide homes that people can afford to rent or buy and also afford to heat and have reduced carbon emissions to help counter climate change.
The homes will remain owned by the Trust and be only for people with local connections.
Connect Housing will build and manage the homes. Moves are underway to appoint contractors and it is likely construction works could start in early 2025.
