ilke Homes is to deliver up to 449 highly energy-efficient homes in partnership with the housing association The Riverside Group, subject to Reserved Matters planning approval from Thanet District Council.

The plans aim to deliver a mix of houses and apartments ranging from one to four bedrooms across a mix of tenures – including social rent, shared ownership and build-to-rent. ilke Homes and The Riverside group are collaborating to finalise the proposals and will be submitting for Reserved Matters planning shortly.

Tom Heathcote, executive director of development at ilke Homes, said: “ilke Homes continues to partner with some of the country’s most well-known housing associations, largely in part to our ability to deliver high quality, energy-efficient homes quickly. The Riverside Group, as part of its adopted ESG strategies, has acknowledged the increasing importance of sustainability and our partnership will help future-proof their investment from rapidly changing building regulations and government guidelines. 

“We look forward to working with both local planning officials and other stakeholders to progress the proposals through planning to deliver a truly sustainable and well-designed community that will be providing much-needed, high-quality housing for the area.”

Most of the homes will be manufactured offsite at ilke Homes’ 250,000 sq ft factory in Knaresborough, North Yorkshire, where they deploy precision-engineering techniques along production lines to deliver high-quality, energy-efficient homes.

Subject to planning, construction is anticipated to start in early in 2024.