PTE wins consent for Cambridge’s first Passivhaus council homes
By Elizabeth Hopkirk2021-09-07T06:00:00
Pilot project approval hailed as ’significant milestone’
Pollard Thomas Edwards Architects has won planning for the first pilot Passivhaus council homes project in Cambridge.
The development at Fen Road, East Chesterton will provide 12 low-carbon new council homes for local families, comprising 8 two-bedroom homes; 2 three-bedroom homes; 1 three-bedroom wheelchair-adapted house and 1 four-bedroom wheelchair-adapted house.
The Cambridge Investment Partnership - a joint venture between a Cambridge council and housebuilder Hill - submitted two separate applications for timber-frame council homes in March, one for this site, which is currently vacant, and one for six homes on Ditton Fields, which is still in planning.
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