Coronation Place unveiled

Coronation Place, a former retirement living scheme in Southview Drive known as Streatfeild House, was demolished to provide the new affordable carbon zero ready homes – 18 for social rent and two for purchase on a shared ownership basis. Two homes have been built for wheelchair users and the remainder built to accessible standards.

The new development was completed by local contractor Trinity Homes Ltd.

All of the new homes are highly energy efficient with high levels of insulation and heat pumps have been installed alongside photovoltaic solar panels to generate energy. This will see a reduction in energy use and cost for the occupier.  Each home has achieved an EPC A rating and has an electric vehicle charging point.

Councillor Daniel Manvell, Alliance for Wealden (Labour Party) and lead councillor for Housing, Benefits and Revenues, said, “I had the pleasure of visiting Coronation Place. It’s a brilliant place to live – quiet, attractive and with a lovely patch of woodland alongside. I’m so proud that these homes are exemplary in terms of eco-friendly design, so well insulated they will keep tenants bills incredibly low, and for disabled access, there are two homes with lifts for families with disabled children. In the midst of this housing crisis Wealden District Council is doing all it can to enable more social and affordable housing for all. This development will help our communities to grow.”

James Hick, affordable homes delivery manager from Homes England, said, “As the government’s housing and regeneration agency, increasing the supply of quality affordable homes remains one of our key objectives and we are committed to supporting stakeholders of all sizes to achieve their ambitions.

“It is great to see that funding from the Affordable Homes Programme has enabled this development and provide much needed new homes in Uckfield.”

The project also successfully secured HM Government funding (via the SPACES Programme) from the Brownfield Land Release Fund, used towards the costs of preparing the site ahead of the development.

Josie Ward, SPACES programme manager, said, “It’s always great to give support to such exciting projects like Coronation Place. To see the homes completed to such high standards is a great example of how Local Authorities can deliver excellent affordable housing schemes for local people”

Marcus Cory from Trinity Homes, said, “We’re proud to have delivered this high-quality development at Coronation Place in partnership with Wealden District Council and its stakeholders. As a local contractor, it’s particularly rewarding to play a part in creating affordable, energy-efficient homes that will benefit the community for years to come. From the early stages of groundworks through to completion, sustainability, accessibility, and quality have been at the heart of our work. We’re pleased to see these much-needed homes now providing comfortable, future-ready living for residents in Uckfield.”

 

Notes to editors:

 

The Brownfield Land Release Fund 2 contributed £300,000 towards the costs of the development.  The fund is designed to help councils transform unused, redundant or derelict sites into high quality homes for their communities. It forms part of the government’s plan to level up the country, ensuring local areas can achieve their full potential, and build more of the right homes in the right places.

The One Public Estate programme is a partnership between the Office of Government Property in the Cabinet Office, the Local Government Association and the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG). It provides practical and technical support and funding for public sector partners to deliver ambitious property-led programmes in collaboration. (SPACES stands for the ‘Strategic Property Asset Collaboration in East Sussex’ and represents the One Public Estate partnership covering East Sussex.)

The government’s housing and regeneration agency – Homes England through the Affordable Housing Programme – contributed £1.7m towards the development costs. Homes England’s aim is to facilitate affordable, quality homes in well-designed places to improve people’s lives.