Around 20 new affordable homes have been launched on the former site of the Coldeast Hospital in Salisbury Green, Fareham.

The Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) received the land as one of 97 redundant hospital sites and has plans to develop further affordable houses there with the hope of bringing a new community to Fareham.

David Edwards, regional director of the HCA in the south-east, said the agency has been working closely with developer Miller Homes and housing society Swathling to meet the need for affordable properties in the area.

"All homes built on our sites meet high quality and design standards to ensure the impact on the environment is lessened," he added.

The project will form part of a development of 150 new homes in the area, of which one-quarter will be affordable homes to buy or rent.

It follows news from the HCA that the former student flats at Bedgbury Place in Milton Keynes have been demolished to make way for future housing development.

Source: Direct News 8/6/09