Connect builds in Batley
We’re delighted to announce a new housing project in the heart of Batley.
Connect has started work on the development of 19 new affordable, energy efficient and low-carbon homes in Healey Lane, part-funded by Homes England and in partnership with Concorde Homes.
Martyn Broadest, Helen Lennon, Iqbal Mohamed MP and Christine Fox.
The two- and three-bedroom homes for the Batley community will all be built to generous space standards, with access to schools, public transport and the Batley town centre nearby. The new properties will have additional features such as solar panels and air source heat pumps, making them environmentally friendly too.
We hope the homes will be finished by Autumn 2026, ready for their new residents to move into.
The groundbreaking event was attended by MP for Dewsbury and Batley, Iqbal Mohamed, who said:
“It’s an absolute honour to be here on Healey Lane with Connect Housing for the groundbreaking ceremony of this new housing estate. 19 homes, all for social housing – so no private dwellings and no selling on the market – these are houses that will go directly to people who need them. In Kirklees we have a waiting list of nearly 20,000, so schemes like this absolutely help the people on those waiting lists. I’d like to thank Connect for this amazing project and wish them great success.”
Martyn Broadest, Director of Home at Connect Housing said:
“We are very pleased to be bringing forward this new development of 19 homes for social rent in Batley, just up the road from where Connect is based in Dewsbury town centre. We are grateful to our partners at Concorde for bringing the scheme to us in the first instance, and to the support from Homes England who have approved funding from the government’s Affordable Homes Programme towards the costs of building the new homes.
“The energy efficient specification for the houses means that the residents will benefit from greater comfort and lower energy bills compared to standard new homes. The contractors have made a great start, and we’re looking forward to working with them over the coming months to deliver some fantastic properties which will provide fabulous new homes for local people in need of affordable housing.”
For more information about the properties, head to our New Homes page.
