New year start for Esh Construction on £5.4m housing scheme

Esh Construction is to start work in the new year on a £5.4m development of houses, bungalows and apartments in Barnsley.A Barnsley Council-owned, Local Plan-allocated site situated off St Michaels Avenue in Monk Bretton will be developed in a mixed-tenure scheme, creating homes for social rent, private sale, and private rent.Sixteen of the new properties will be low carbon, constructed with sustainable features and energy saving technology, including air source heat pumps instead of mains gas.Barnsley Council named Esh Construction as its contractor of choice after the scheme was procured through YORhub’s YORbuild2 framework.The design and build scheme includes a new access road and all associated external works. Esh Construction will work in partnership with Jefferson Sheard Architects and MJM Consulting Engineers.Construction work is expected to commence in January 2022, with a view to the first new homes being available for residents in the spring of 2023.William H Brown is agent on the scheme.