Work is under way on Ashfield District Council’s largest housing development to date on Warwick Close, Kirkby, which will include 34 new affordable family homes.

In total 18 two bedroom and 16 three-bedroom family homes will be built, with work scheduled to be completed by the winter of 2023.

The homes, which will be let to applicants on the council’s Housing Register, will include the latest energy efficiency measures.

There are plans to include a three-bedroom house with a ground-floor bedroom and bathroom, making it suitable for a family where one of the occupants is a wheelchair user. The council has often struggled to meet the needs of such households because of the limitations of the existing stock.

Since starting an ambitious affordable house building programme, the council has completed homes on six brownfield sites and has started work on a further five sites.

Director of Housing and Assets Paul Parkinson said: “The new development will mark a milestone on the road to providing 100 new affordable homes in Ashfield, which forms part of the council’s strategic housing goal.

“The new homes will include the latest green technology that will contribute towards carbon reduction targets.”