Pictured above: (L-R) Cllr Bob McCann, Sheffield City Council's Cabinet Member for Housing and Sustainable, Safer Communities, Cllr. Graham Oxley, Lord Mayor of Sheffield, Ansar Ali, managing director, Home Central and Guy Higgins, managing director, William Davis at the completion outside some of the new homes at Weaklands Crescent

Contractor and developer, William Davis Limited joined with local dignitaries, project partners and residents recently, to celebrate the completion of the first phase of a £135m housing regeneration scheme in Sheffield.

The initial £5m phase at the Weaklands estate in South East Sheffield, a partnership project with affordable housing provider, Home Group, Sheffield City Council and the Homes & Communities Agency (HCA), has created 45 two, three and four bed, high quality new homes, together with community gardens and landscaped areas. The new development will form part of an overall £135m regeneration project in the area.

Designed by Sheffield-based architect AA Design Ltd, the new homes on Weaklands Crescent have provided a mix of homes for outright sale, shared ownership and social rent and have replaced 30 unsustainable 1960 prefabricated properties on the site.

As specialists in the provision of social housing, Loughborough-based William Davis Ltd is expert in regeneration projects of this nature and has been involved at every stage of the project, including taking into account the needs of the local community as a whole.

Sharing afternoon tea with the guests Guy Higgins, managing director, William Davis Ltd said: "The transformation of Weaklands Crescent has been a great success and is an exciting pre-curser to the overall regeneration of the area. The new design of the development not only addresses problems of the previous layout and conditions of the original homes but it has also retained and reinforced the strong sense of community which is clearly demonstrated at today's event."