AQW 2883/22-27 Written question to the Minister for Communities
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail plans for new build social housing in North Down for the next five years.
Asked by Connie Egan MLA on 6 September 2022
- Answered
- Written
- Tabled
- 6 September 2022
- Answer due by
- 22 September 2022
- Answered
- 16 September 202210 days after tabling
- Department
- Department for Communities
- Priority question
- No
Answer
The Social Housing Development Programme (SHDP) is currently formulated on a 3-year basis. The information below is therefore provided on that basis.
In the North Down Parliamentary Constituency there are currently 30 social housing units under construction. I have provided the details of these in Table 1 below.
A further 163 social housing units are programmed to start as part of the SHDP 2022/23 – 2024/25. I have provided the detail of these units is provided in Table 2 below.
Please note that programmed schemes can be lost or slip to future programme years for a variety of reasons e.g. relating to delays in acquiring sites and/or failure to secure Planning Approval. Additional schemes can also be added to the SHDP ‘in-year’ through Competitive Land, Design & Build procurement route and/or the purchase of Existing Satisfactory / Off-the-Shelf properties.
The programme formulation process for the SHDP 2023/24 – 2025/26 is currently underway, and further schemes may be added in the North Down Parliamentary Constituency in due course, subject to Departmental/Ministerial Approval.
Table 1: Social housing units under construction in the North Down Parliamentary Constituency
| Housing Association | Scheme Name | Location | Type | Units | Onsite Year | CompletionYear |
| Clanmil | Savoy Redevelopment (Blocks B & C) | Bangor | New Build | 26 | 2021/22 | 2023/24 |
| North Belfast HA | 21 Copeland Avenue | Millisle | Rehab | 1 | 2020/21 | 2022/23 |
| North Belfast HA | 3 Lisnabreen Terrace | Bangor | Rehab | 1 | 2021/22 | 2022/23 |
| North Belfast HA | 32 Lisnabreen Crescent | Bangor | Rehab | 1 | 2021/22 | 2022/23 |
| North Belfast HA | 5 Ballyhalbert Gardens | Bangor | Rehab | 1 | 2021/22 | 2022/23 |
Table 2: Social housing units programmed to start through the SHDP 2022/23 – 2024/25 in the North Down Parliamentary Constituency
| Housing Association | Scheme Name | Location | Type | Units | Onsite Year | CompletionYear |
| Ark | Donaghadee Road | Bangor | New Build | 8 | 2022/23 | 2023/24 |
| Habinteg | Balmoral Dale | Bangor | Off-the-Shelf | 5 | 2022/23 | 2023/24 |
| North Belfast HA | 53 Lisnabreen Crescent | Bangor | Rehab | 1 | 2022/23 | 2022/23 |
| North Belfast HA | 79 Skipperstone Road | Bangor | Rehab | 1 | 2022/23 | 2022/23 |
| North Belfast HA | 10 Abbey Gardens | Millisle | Rehab | 1 | 2022/23 | 2022/23 |
| Clanmil | Bangor Marina Regeneration | Bangor | New Build | 32 | 2023/24 | 2025/26 |
| Habinteg | Balmoral Dale, Phase 2 | Bangor | New Build | 12 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
| Radius | Castle Street | Comber | New Build | 14 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
| Radius | Cannyreagh Road | Donaghadee | New Build | 15 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
| Choice | Worcester Avenue | Bangor | New Build | 74 | 2024/25 | 2027/28 |