Plans revealed for County Durham residential scheme

A joint venture has outlined plans to build a 40-home development in County Durham which will help create more than 100 jobs and apprenticeships.The new properties in Crook will include two- and three-bedroomed houses, as well as two- and three-bed bungalows.Contracts have been signed for the project at West End Villas, which is being undertaken by a partnership comprising County Durham Housing Group and Galliford Try Partnerships North.Construction work is expected to be completed in stages during 2018, with the first families moving in shortly after.The Crook properties are part of a major house building project by County Durham Housing Group which will involve almost 300 new homes being built on 17 sites stretching from rural Weardale to the Durham coast.Galliford Try has contributed £1.2m to the Crook project from its 2015-18 Affordable Homes Programme (AHP) grant, secured from the Homes and Communities Agency.