Health: Derwenthorpe, York

Derwenthorpe properties are built to Lifetime Homes standards, to enable residents to remain in their home and adapt the space should they become less mobile or physically impaired.

Additionally, residents have the capacity to extend living spaces into the loft – a feature which enables the home to expand to meet the needs of a growing family or to accommodate live-work patterns. There are over 500 homes on the 21.7 hectare site, with a mix of affordable rent and market sale properties.

Derwenthorpe is a partnership scheme between the Joseph Rowntree Housing Trust and Barratt Developments. Post-occupancy evaluation has spanned six years and revealed that the majority of residents (89%) were satisfied with their homes, with residents more likely to be ‘very satisfied’ than the national average.