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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