Supermarket helps deliver new homes

 

Supermarket helps deliver new homes for Plymouth

Supermarket chain Lidl has teamed up with national affordable housing provider Affinity Sutton to build new affordable homes in the heart of Plymouth.

Thirteen new apartments have been built above the new landmark Lidl store, on Union Street – which will also provide a retail facility and employment opportunities for local people.

The development, on the site of a former car showroom, will provide:

• 12 two bedroom apartments
• One three bedroom apartment
• The apartments are arranged over two floors, each with a large south facing balcony accessed from the living room.

The scheme has been built thanks to a partnership between national affordable housing provider Affinity Sutton, which manages 1500 homes in the city, Plymouth City Council and the Government’s Homes and Communities Agency – who provided £570,000 in funding towards the scheme. 

Built as part of Plymouth City Council’s Market Recovery Action Plan,  it is Affinity Sutton’s first new build development in the City of Plymouth for nine years and marks the start of Affinity Sutton’s new four year building programme for Plymouth.

Lewin Dumper, Head of Housing for Affinity Sutton, said:  “We are delighted to have worked with Lidl and Plymouth City Council to deliver these much needed affordable new homes in the heart of the city.  As a business for social purpose we are committed to building well designed affordable new homes and this new landmark building will deliver affordable housing for families as well as a retail facility.”

Cabinet Member for Planning, Strategic Housing and Economic Development, Councillor Ted Fry said: “Working with our partners we must ensure that the housing supply continues to promote growth and prosperity in the city. We have all agreed four citywide priorities: delivering growth, raising aspirations, reducing inequality and providing value for our communities and housing has a role to play in all of them.”

James Mitchell, Development Executive for Lidl said: We at Lidl are delighted to have been able to deliver this valuable mixed use scheme working in partnership with both Affinity Sutton and Plymouth City Council. The finished product is the result of much work by all parties involved and is something we can all be proud of. We are pleased to have created new jobs for local people and look forward to providing the local community with great value, high quality produce in the future'.