Esh to deliver 300 homes across Yorkshire and the North East

The construction company has completed land purchases on four sites, which will all be used for affordable housing schemes across the region.

As an investment partner with Homes England, the firm has access to grant funding on behalf of registered housing providers, and uses a land-led approach to housebuilding to try to make the process easier for them.

Since it launched, the land-led approach has led to a 124-home scheme in Doncaster, a 96-home development in Easington Village, and a 32-home site in Leeds all delivering affordable housing.

In Yorkshire, the land purchases in Bridlington and Hull will pave the way for developments worth a combined £36m.

The Bridlington project will comprise affordable housing and a 68-apartment extra-care scheme, while 65 two-, three-, and four-bedroom homes for affordable rent will be built in Hull.

In the North East, Esh has secured land for a £20m project which will deliver a 55-home extra care development on Sunderland Road, Gateshead.

The estate will replace a derelict library with 43 one- and two-bedroom apartments, 12 detached and semi-detached bungalows, and a warden’s dormer bungalow.

In Jarrow, Esh has purchased land directly from South Tyneside Council to deliver a mix of two, three-, and four-bedroom houses and two-bedroom flats as part of a £9m affordable housing scheme.

Laura Devaney, land and partnerships director at Esh Construction, said: “Improving the affordable housing offer has been a key driver for the growth of our land-led solution.

“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.

“With the UK Government outlining targets for 1.5 million new build homes within the next five years, local authorities have been urged to grant planning permission for approximately 462,500 homes each year.

“The demand is high for quality developments to be brought forward, and we have another wave of sites across the North East and Yorkshire that are already progressing towards planning submission.”