New plans worth £65m set out by construction firm

ESH Construction has set out £65m worth of housebuilding plans, having acquired a group of sites to develop in the North East and Yorkshire.

- TOM KEIGHLEY Business writer [e-mail]

The County Durham firm's affordable housebuilding division plans to deliver 300 homes across Tyneside, Bridlington and Hull.

On Sunderland Road in Gateshead, Esh has secured land for a £20m project to build a 55-home extra care facility, which will replace a derelict library with 43 one and two-bedroom apartments, 12 detached and semi-detached bungalows and a warden’s dormer bungalow.

In Jarrow, land recently purchased from South Tyneside Council will be used for a £9m scheme providing a mix of two, three and four-bedroom houses and two-bedroom flats.