Controversial Redevelopment Set To Begin In December
Written by HFM News on 28th June 2022
The controversial redevelopment of an elderly people’s housing site in Market Harborough is set start in December.
Platform Housing Group will build 38 affordable homes at Naseby Square on the southern estate, in a project worth £6m.
The go-ahead for the scheme was given last year, despite major opposition, including over 800 people signing petitions against it.
13 bungalows will be demolished as part of the redevelopment – residents have already been re-housed by the housing association.
Harborough District Council sold land it owns at the site to Platform Housing Group earlier this year for £1.4m, while questions remain about the amount the authority paid for land that will form part of the project:
