It’s worth reminding ourselves what it is we’re
seeking to achieve, because our success in
doing so will mean a great deal to the different
communities in West Lancashire.
Tackling the borough’s housing
and economic imbalance
We will work to ensure that West Lancashire’s
continuing economic growth helps to unlock
greater housing and economic diversification and
seek to maximise social value with each project.
We have already delivered £13m of projects within
the borough.
Delivering more home ownership for low to middle-income households
Where possible, we will bring home ownership through tenures such as affordable rent-to-buy and shared ownership to areas often overlooked by mainstream housing developers. Our proposed new schemes in Hesketh Bank and Skelmersdale demonstrate this.
Local area revival
Ensuring that housing investment is used as
both a lever and stimuli to enable the revival of
economically challenged sites, neighbourhoods,
and districts across the borough, including our
proposed schemes at Digmoor and Egerton in
Skelmersdale.
Supporting under-served people
We will seek to build innovative homes to address
local housing needs and for those under-served
such as larger families, the elderly, and others
with specific needs, enhancing their health
and well-being and encouraging community
cohesion and integration, such as the bungalows
we are building at Fairlie and intend to build at
Hesketh Bank.
Climate change
Tawd Valley Developments will be a flag bearer for good design and will
ensure that all scheme assessments include a
measure of carbon output. Where possible, we
will strive for lower carbon output development
and energy efficiency in all of our affordable
homes and business spaces. Our scheme at
Fairlie will provide lower carbon development
with some homes built to ‘future homes’
standards and the scheme we are planning for
Egerton will provide the same.
