A new social housing complex in Union Mills will exceed standards in energy efficiency, those behind the project say.

Braddan Commissioners’ £4.5m development, known as ’Mullen Doway’, will feature four blocks of flats with a mixture of one- and two-bed units.

Each will be highly insulated, tripled glazed, and won’t be heated by oil or gas but by electricity, to try to reduce the carbon footprint of the new housing complex.

Local authority chairman Andrew Jessopp says the ’top standard’ homes will save tenants money on energy bills and offset the impact on the environment.

He added that demand is for one- and two-bed flats, so the new complex will allow the authority to ’ensure best use of stock’.

The project has been hit by delays though, after designs problems were identified over drainage, meaning construction is now 20 to 30 weeks behind schedule.