AQW 2883/22-27
Ms Connie Egan
Alliance Party
North Down
Tabled Date: 06/09/2022
Answered On Date: 16/09/2022
Priority Written: No
Question:
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail plans for new build social housing in North Down for the next five years.
Answer:
The Social Housing Development Programme (SHDP) is currently formulated on a 3-year basis. The information below is therefore provided on that basis. In the North Down Parliamentary Constituency there are currently 30 social housing units under construction. I have provided the details of these in Table 1 below. A further 163 social housing units are programmed to start as part of the SHDP 2022/23 – 2024/25. I have provided the detail of these units is provided in Table 2 below. Please note that programmed schemes can be lost or slip to future programme years for a variety of reasons e.g. relating to delays in acquiring sites and/or failure to secure Planning Approval. Additional schemes can also be added to the SHDP ‘in-year’ through Competitive Land, Design & Build procurement route and/or the purchase of Existing Satisfactory / Off-the-Shelf properties. The programme formulation process for the SHDP 2023/24 – 2025/26 is currently underway, and further schemes may be added in the North Down Parliamentary Constituency in due course, subject to Departmental/Ministerial Approval. Table 1: Social housing units under construction in the North Down Parliamentary Constituency Housing Association | Scheme Name | Location | Type | Units | Onsite Year | CompletionYear | Clanmil | Savoy Redevelopment (Blocks B & C) | Bangor | New Build | 26 | 2021/22 | 2023/24 | North Belfast HA | 21 Copeland Avenue | Millisle | Rehab | 1 | 2020/21 | 2022/23 | North Belfast HA | 3 Lisnabreen Terrace | Bangor | Rehab | 1 | 2021/22 | 2022/23 | North Belfast HA | 32 Lisnabreen Crescent | Bangor | Rehab | 1 | 2021/22 | 2022/23 | North Belfast HA | 5 Ballyhalbert Gardens | Bangor | Rehab | 1 | 2021/22 | 2022/23 |
Table 2: Social housing units programmed to start through the SHDP 2022/23 – 2024/25 in the North Down Parliamentary Constituency Housing Association | Scheme Name | Location | Type | Units | Onsite Year | CompletionYear | Ark | Donaghadee Road | Bangor | New Build | 8 | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | Habinteg | Balmoral Dale | Bangor | Off-the-Shelf | 5 | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | North Belfast HA | 53 Lisnabreen Crescent | Bangor | Rehab | 1 | 2022/23 | 2022/23 | North Belfast HA | 79 Skipperstone Road | Bangor | Rehab | 1 | 2022/23 | 2022/23 | North Belfast HA | 10 Abbey Gardens | Millisle | Rehab | 1 | 2022/23 | 2022/23 | Clanmil | Bangor Marina Regeneration | Bangor | New Build | 32 | 2023/24 | 2025/26 | Habinteg | Balmoral Dale, Phase 2 | Bangor | New Build | 12 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 | Radius | Castle Street | Comber | New Build | 14 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 | Radius | Cannyreagh Road | Donaghadee | New Build | 15 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 | Choice | Worcester Avenue | Bangor | New Build | 74 | 2024/25 | 2027/28 |
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