Homes News

East Herts Council has approved the plan from developer Vistry Group and Paradigm Housing Group.

Adam Lake, of Hockerill estate agent Willmott & Lake, reviews the property market in 2024 and gives an insight into what to expect in 2025.

East Herts Council has used £40,000 earmarked for affordable housing to finance the “innovative rent reduction scheme”.

Councils across the county delivered 5,387 new homes in 2023-24 – and East Herts accounted for more than a quarter of them.

The property in Spencer Close remains cordoned off and residents are still uncertain over the future of the site.

City & Country: “With the focus on ‘greening’, it will... build a buffer between... each settlement to prevent one larger settlement being formed.”

The data, produced by Property Solvers, was obtained by tracking average sold price data from HM Land Registry since 2019 of streets in the CM23 area.

Holy Trinity Night Shelter and Community Outreach manager David Perry said: “We aim to help...to find a route out of homelessness.”

Green Party General Election candidate and East Herts councillor Nick Cox unpicks the narratives dominating discussions about the housing crisis.

The old Saffron Hotel in Saffron Walden High Street ran for over 80 years but shut down two years ago after battling numerous issues.

Bellway Homes was granted unanimous approval by Uttlesford District Council for Hare’s Leap, a new development in Henham.

East Herts Council has launched a ‘call for sites’ as it begins to revise its district plan for housing, employment, infrastructure and nature.

Papers for July 15 meeting of Uttlesford District Council’s Local Plan Panel – a cross-party group set up to lead the project – have been published.

New Tudor Park homes comprise 28 houses and 18 flats centred around a children’s park, with 36 rented to local people on council’s housing register.

Bellway Homes agrees deal for 12.5-acre site to build 27 executive homes for the private market and 18 affordable properties for local people.

Residents and businesses in Uttlesford have until 5pm on December 18 to register their views on the district council’s draft Local Plan.

The 1,500-home scheme is part of plans for seven settlements delivering 10,000 properties in the Gilston area.

Quantum Care’s Elm View, on Stortford Fields, has accommodation for 78 older people and has its own hair and beauty salon, spa and cinema room.

Takeley, Saffron Walden and Dunmow set to bear the brunt of new development while Stansted escapes large-scale housing plans

Management fees – or service charges – on new-build estates cover the upkeep of communal areas, but what say do residents have over how much they pay?