More council houses will be be built in Ashfield amid a claim that over 200 bids are regularly being made on three-bedroom properties there. Residents are said to be "crying out" for more social housing, with the Right to Buy scheme and a lack of development from registered providers affecting stock levels.
Ashfield District Council therefore says it wants to build 200 more council houses over the next four years. The authority says it has already built 108 homes since 2019, surpassing its original pledge to have built 100 by this year.
As part of the latest pledge, the council has now identified two sites it owns that could host 47 council houses. This includes land in Sutton known as the Hardwick Lane Rec, where 30 homes could be built, and land on Central Avenue in Kirkby, which could host 17.
