Council looking to buy brewery homes site plagued by problems

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- By LAUREN MONAGHAN Local Democracy Reporter

Part of the housing development at the former Kimberley Brewery site

A NOTTINGHAMSHIRE council could buy part of a housing estate plagued by issues in a bid to build new council homes.

The former Hardys & Hansons brewery site in Kimberley has already been partially turned into a housing estate, where housebuilder Fairgrove started building on the nearly 200-year old site in 2015.

However, residents living in some homes built in earlier phases have faced a number of problems over recent years. Leaky roofs, unfinished roads, poor drainage and rats are part of the issues residents have reported. Some remedial works on site still remain.

After years of homeowner complaints and probes by Broxtowe Borough Council over whether the developer had broken planning obligations, the site was taken over by the funder of the project in February after workers were sent home on January 29.