300 Reading home are being built - here's when and where

Plans range from single houses in pockets of land to 94-building estates, all of which are to rent.

One of those developments is in Wentworth Avenue, where two semi-detached homes are under construction at the site of a disused garage.

Visiting the site, councillor Alice Mpofu-Coles said: “The handover is going to take place at the end of October from the construction company to the Council and we are so grateful that, all over town, we’re building more council houses for the people.”

Francis Construction site manager Darren Beard at the Wentworth Avenue site

The two-bedroom homes will include parking spaces and a garden.

The other 298 properties are at various stages of planning or completion, with the biggest site, Battle Street, awaiting a planning submission expected in autumn.

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This 94-unit development would see Reading Borough Council build an older persons day centre, sheltered housing for over 55s, supported living flats with support spaces and affordable housing and flats.

Wentworth Avenue

Also of note is Hexham Road, which will provide 36 sheltered housing flats alongside a provision of services for vulnerable adults with learning disabilities.

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Arthur Hill will see 15 homes providing housing for key workers.

Where and when

Completed

Caversham Road: 40 homes for rough sleepers

Lyndhurst Road: 18 homes. Tenants have moved in

George Street: Four homes. Tenants have moved in

To be completed in 2022

Foxhays: Three homes

Wentworth Avenue: Two homes

Camelford Close: One home

Circuit Lane: One home

Ian Mikardo Way: One home

Due for completion in 2023

Wensley Road: 46 homes

North Street: 37 homes

Arthur Hill: 15 homes

Planning submission expected in autumn

Battle Street: 94 homes. Predicted completion by 2025

Hexham Road: 36 homes. Predicted completion by 2025