Housing worth nearly £3.5m has been purchased in Pembrokeshire by the council in the last six to seven months, a report before senior councillors says.

In a report before the December meeting of Pembrokeshire County Council’s Cabinet, members will receive a report on acquisitions and disposals in excess of £100,000 which have completed during the current financial year, from April 1 to October 31.

It includes the purchase of 16 properties for housing stock, to the tune of £3,470,000 and the disposal of two industrial estate plots, at some £278,400.

Properties purchased are: 32 Southdown Close, Pembroke, at £115,000; 8 Hyfrydle, Letterston at £115,000; 6 Precelly Place, Milford Haven at £120,000; 50 Heywood Court, Tenby at £125,000; 33 Croft Avenue, Hakin at £130,000; 7 Hyfrydle, Letterston at £135,000; 18 St Clements Park, Freystrop at £140,000; 55 College Park, Neyland at £140,000; 26 Baring Gould Way, Haverfordwest at £146,000; 25 Station Road, Letterston at £170,000; 16 Woodlands Crescent, Milford Haven at £283,000; 26 & 27 Harcourt Close, Hook at £744,000; and 23, 24 And 25 Harcourt Close, Hook at £1,107,000.

Of the purchases, £1,851,000 is made up of five properties in Hook.

Back in September, Cabinet members backed a recommendation to enter into an agreement for the acquisition of up to 16 new build housing units as an off the shelf deal at Harcourt Close, Hook.

The proposal was the second social housing scheme recommended for approval by members at that meeting; councillors having earlier backed a scheme for the purchase of 21 affordable homes, along with an option for four intermediate units on land at Sandyhill, Saundersfoot.

Disposals, of £278,400, relate to Plots 9 And 10, Waterloo Industrial Estate, Waterloo, Pembroke Dock, bringing the total balance to £3,191,600.

Members are recommended to note the report.