Housing specialist Lovell has been selected by Pennaf Housing Group to build a £2.4 million affordable housing scheme in Hawarden, Flintshire, north-east Wales.

The development will create two-, three- and four-bedroom homes while boosting the building trades and the local economy.

Lovell, based locally in Queen’s Lane, Mold, is set to start work in February 2016 on the 11-month construction programme which is going ahead with £660,000 of Welsh Government Social Housing Grant.

The new homes have been made possible by the Welsh Government, who have transferred land to Pennaf which was originally designated for road improvements but has since been released to provide much-needed new affordable housing.

Lovell regional director Nigel Yates says: “We’re delighted to be working with Pennaf on this new development which will help answer the pressing need for high-quality new affordable homes locally. We look forward to getting construction work under way.”

Deiniol Evans, director of technical services for Pennaf, says: “We have worked with Lovell on many other affordable housing schemes across the region and look forward to work beginning on the Aston Mead site next month.”