WORK to build more than 90 homes on the edge of the city has moved forward.

Rooftop Housing, alongside developers Vistry Partnerships, will be building 92 affordable homes on the site of the former Ketch car boot site next to the A4440 Southern Link Road in Worcester.

Permission was given for the scheme by Worcester City Council’s planning committee in September last year.

Rooftop Housing said the “flagship” development would be an example of future low carbon housing.

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Chief executive Boris Worrall said: “Rooftop is really pleased to be working with Vistry Partnerships, building 92 eco-friendly homes for local people.

“Today, more than ever, it’s important that we provide people with high-quality homes which are warm, sustainable, and cost effective to run.

“This innovative Rooftop and Vistry development will be a flagship example of the future of low carbon housing and something Worcester can be very proud of when it is completed.”

More than £3 million in funding for the development came through Rooftop Housing’s membership of the Matrix Partnership - a group of housing associations given ‘strategic partnership’ status in Homes England’s drive to build affordable housing.

Paul Spooner, chair of the Matrix Partnership, said “We’re delighted that as a Homes England strategic partner we could secure this funding.

“It means that 92 families will have access to warm, innovative, and economical to heat homes. This is part of the “New Ways of Working” funding from Homes England that the Matrix Partnership are using to build affordable homes across the Midlands.”

Darren Beale, managing director of Vistry Partnerships West Midlands, said: “It is great to be working in partnership with Rooftop Housing on this development.

“The development which has excellent links to major nearby cities represents a significant contribution to the new-build affordable local housing market in the area.”

“Worcester is ideally located close to major roads and transport networks which serves close by local towns and is within commuting distance to some of the region’s major cities such as Cheltenham, Gloucester and Birmingham.”