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NE housing going green

A recently completed £1m ‘green’ affordable housing project in Barnard Castle has won praise from the Government for complying with their ‘Ecohomes’ Agenda. The scheme, at Tannery Lane off Birch Road in Barnard Castle, is the latest rural development for Three Rivers Housing Group in the North East.

The ten two-bedroom apartments available at the development are expected to be occupied at the end of the month. Each apartment complies with the Governments ‘Ecohomes’ Agenda which encourages developers to improve environmental performance of new developments through good design rather than high capital cost solutions. It considers the environmental concerns of climate change, resource use and impact on wildlife and balances these against the need for a high quality of life and a safe and healthy internal environment.

John Carleton, the Housing Corporation’s Field Director for the North said: “Three Rivers Housing Association has done an excellent job in delivering this development in Barnard Castle. It will enable ten households of local people to live in high quality, affordable housing in the neighbourhood of their choice. We are delighted to have worked with Three Rivers on this project. I hope the new residents will be very happy in their new homes.”

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