Work set to start on £20m development for "affordable housing" on Brecks Lane Park

WORK will start in a few weeks’ time at the £20 million development of 70 houses.

Avant Homes, the developer of Brecks Lane Park in Brecks, said work on the scheme — approved last month despite a councillor’s warning of “an awful lot of concern” from residents — will begin in September.

Yorkshire managing director Alastair Hart said: “We’re very pleased that planning permission has been granted to deliver Brecks Lane Park, allowing us to bring 70 high-quality homes to Rotherham.

“Rotherham is a thriving town and as we’ve seen with our previous developments in Waverley, there is a real demand for attainable, design-led homes for modern family living.”

Of the 70 proposed properties, RMBC’s planning board heard last week, 25 per cent will be classed as “affordable housing”.

The first residents of the new home park will be able to move in by next spring.