WORK to bring 24 affordable homes to Salisbury and Ludgershall is set to begin later this year.

Six properties – consisting of four one-bed flats and two two-bed houses – are to be built in Rawlence Road in Salisbury.

While the Ludgershall development will be made up of four one-bed flats, eight two-bed houses, five three-bed houses and one four-bed house.

The social rented homes will be available to people with a housing need on the council’s housing register, with the shared ownership homes available to purchase through Wiltshire Council.

These two developments are innovative Modern Methods of Construction (MMC) builds in partnership with Rollalong, where the homes will be built offsite to exact specifications and then delivered to the location and craned into position.

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The homes will be energy efficient, featuring solar panels and air source heat pumps and will achieve a minimum energy performance rating of B.

Councillor Phil Alford, cabinet member for housing, said: “These affordable homes will help to address local housing need in Ludgershall and Salisbury, and we’ve already had some positive feedback from residents.

“As MMC properties they will be high quality and energy efficient with lower running costs which will really benefit residents and is key focus for all of our new homes.

“There will also be a good mix of house sizes to cater for individuals and small and large families.

“This is one of several MMC schemes we are currently bringing forward alongside other types of development or acquisitions.

“We are also continuously engaging with local and regional developers to look for opportunities to acquire homes or development sites.

“We’ve already delivered 174 affordable homes, with another 532 in the pipeline as part of our council house build programme, which will see millions invested in building and acquiring new, energy and cost-efficient council homes.

“We are also making a substantial investment to improve existing council homes to ensure they achieve a minimum energy performance rating of B.

“This project is supporting residents, families and communities up and down the county and we look forward to seeing the delivery of more energy-efficient housing for residents.”

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