Esh Construction has been appointed a construction partner on a £3 million scheme which will bring new homes to Sheffield.

Working on behalf of Great Places Housing Group, one of the fastest growing housing associations in the North of England, Esh will build 20 new properties on a vacant piece of land off Osgathorpe Drive, near to the Earl Marshal Recreation Ground.


Named Fir View Gardens, the two and three-bedroom homes will be available for affordable rent and will include associated parking and landscaping.

Great Places Housing Group selected Esh Construction as the chosen contractor after the scheme was procured through the Innovation Chain North framework. Esh Operations Director, Simon Woodward, said: “We are delighted to secure our first contract award via Innovation Chain North and to be working in partnership with Great Places Housing Group.

The development was given the go ahead by planners in August last year and forms part of the housing association’s plans to develop 11,000 homes by 2030.