Stoke-on-Trent and Newcastle housing developments to create two jobs for every home
THREE house-building projects are getting underway, providing work for more than 600 people.
Barratt Homes says the schemes in Stoke-on-Trent and Newcastle will create 311 new homes and 622 jobs in construction and sales.
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BOOST: Homes being built in Cross Heath.
The company has planning permission for all three projects, and building work has already started on one.
There will be 131 homes on the Pipers View development in Woodville Road, Meir, 117 at Gloster Gate on Albermarle Road, Cross Heath, and 63 at Churchill Park in Scotia Road, Burslem.
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Barratt says much of the work will go to local people.
Planning manager Jon Rowson said: "We always endeavour to employ and develop local trades and suppliers where we can to fuel the local economy.
"For example, at Gloster Gate we are working alongside a local provider to fulfil a programme of learning and training for staff."
Show homes at Churchill Park were opened earlier this month, while work is expected to start on the other two schemes in the next few weeks.
Barratt expects that all three projects will be completed by 2015.
The developments in Meir and Cross Heath are being built on land earmarked for new housing under the now defunct Renew programme.
Maggie Carter, chairman of Meir Community Steering Group, said residents had been waiting for the Pipers View development for years.
Mrs Carter, of Brookwood Drive, Meir, said: "When the Government pulled the plug on regeneration, a lot of people thought that Barratt would never come back to Meir. But Barratt have not let us down.
"This will bring more people into Meir and make it a more diverse community. It will hopefully create jobs for the area as well."
Councillor Ruth Rosenau, Stoke-on-Trent City Council cabinet member for regeneration, said: "It's good to see that developments are going ahead and sites are not just standing empty."
Alastair Parsons, senior sales manager for Barratt Mercia commented: "We're seeing encouraging demand for our homes. The fact that we are starting new sites is also good news for sub-contractors and the supply chain."
Comments
by lagu2
Friday, September 21 2012, 12:15AM
“more new homes, would it not be better to finish the ones all ready started but not finished for 5 years, get that sorted first before any new ones, and also build homes that people want to buy not the small cardboard boxes that they are building now”
by Snaggletoooth
Thursday, September 20 2012, 3:38PM
“Will we need to be eastern European to be considered for these jobs?”
by Valeplace
Thursday, September 20 2012, 2:43PM
“I wonder how much it cost the council to get Barratt back?????????????????”
by GilbertL
Thursday, September 20 2012, 2:09PM
“2 new jobs may be created for every house built, but those jobs will probably last no more than 2-3 years until the entire development is completed. And if sales of the first phase of builds are slow, then this will stop construction of the next phase, and all those people in construction jobs will probably have to find work elsewhere to fill in the gaps when they're not working on these developments. It's nice to hear that builders are prepared to start housing developments off in Stoke-on-Trent, particularly in Meir where the council cleared a lot of old properties for what appears now to be no real reason. I just wish I could believe that the jobs will be more long term than 2-3 years and I hope local people and local tradesmen do get to work on these developments.
it would also be nice if Barratt Homes could put the Meir and Cross Heath developments on their website so I can have a nosy.”
by stokelad
Thursday, September 20 2012, 1:59PM
“how do we apply for these jobs?”
by stokelad
Thursday, September 20 2012, 1:55PM
“how do we apply for these jobs?”