51 new council homes are set to be built in St Athan.
Vale of Glamorgan Council will sign a contract with Edenstone Homes Ltd for a development on Clive Road after the cabinet gave its approval on Thursday.
A report said the county council is seeking to expand its housing stock and satisfy local housing need through the commissioning of new properties as a new development initiative.
The principle of developing new homes was established by the council following a cabinet meeting in August 2014 and sites across the Vale were considered for development.
A a package deal contract is essentially a land-plus-construction works bundle offered by a single developer, who has exclusive rights to a site by virtue of ownership, legal interest and/or a valid planning consent for the development and is prepared to develop the site.
Edenstone Homes Ltd has acquired a legal interest or option on the land at Clive Road, St Athan and is at the pre-application planning stage in obtaining a detailed planning consent.
Once planning consent is granted, subject to committee approval, the land will be transferred to the council and construction will commence.
The contract proposes the delivery of 51 new council homes made up of 24 one-bed two person walk up apartments, 12 two-bed four person houses, 11 three-bed five person houses and four four-bed six person houses for social rent.
Edenstone Homes Ltd have appointed a design team to evolve the design to the point where a detailed planning application can be submitted.
Following a written report to the strategic housing board in September, the board agreed to progress the scheme for a cabinet approval to enter into a package deal contract.
The report said: “The need to increase the scale and pace of council house building is a high priority for the council and these new homes will be let at rents in line with the council’s rent policy, making the homes affordable for those in need."
“Consultation will continue with officers from housing solutions, highways, SuDS approval body and planning to ensure that the final scheme proposals meet objectives of the council’s local housing strategy and housing development strategy.”
The housing development team has carried out an initial development viability appraisal scheme and considers the scheme to be viable.
Potential residents will be offered accommodation from the housing waiting list via the council’s Homes4U scheme.
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