Work has started on the first new council homes to be designed and built for the Denbighshire area in 30 years.
Denbighshire Housing will build 22 semi-detached houses for social rent on land above Tan y Sgubor, Denbigh, for Denbighshire County Council.
The low carbon homes, which will be built and certified to the energy-efficient Passivhaus standard, are part of the Council’s target to provide 170 more council houses by 2022.
Work is expected to be completed by autumn 2021.
Brenig Construction will erect the frames and walls for the new houses which will be made off-site in North Wales by Creating Enterprise, a subsidiary of Cartrefi Conwy, using the Beattie Passive Build system.
Cllr Tony Thomas, Denbighshire’s lead member for Housing and Communities, said: “The Council is delighted that work has started on these new council homes, the first to be designed and built for the county in 30 years, and we are pleased to be working with our partners on this project.
"Ensuring there is housing available to meet the needs of Denbighshire residents is a priority under our Corporate Plan.”
The Welsh Government has provided funding through its Innovative Housing Programme.
Howard Vaughan, Brenig Construction joint managing director, said: “We’re delighted to be involved in the Denbigh Passivhaus project with Denbighshire County Council in a historic move by them to get back into house-building.
“We are particularly excited by the fact that this is a Passivhaus scheme as this is definitely the housing of the future.
"Society needs to address the climate change issue and an important step in this direction is to minimise energy use and make the homes of the future greener, cheaper and healthier.”
