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An exciting new community for Stoneham is set to get under way later this year.
buildings. Above all, much needed affordable housing will be provided allowing local people to be able to have a home of their own. This in turn will help reduce our housing waiting list and assist in meeting the shortfall in housing across the Borough.”
This first phase of the Stoneham development will consist of 560 homes that are made up of a mix of one, two, three, four and five bedroom homes. Around 342 of the homes will be for social rent and shared ownership and 218 will be for sale on the open market. Avenue Park, a large central area of public open space will also be provided and a new internal link road through the estate between Stoneham Lane and Chestnut Avenue providing access from both roads.
much earlier than would have happened without our intervention.
The new homes are a mix of one, two, three and four bedroom homes and will be available for private rent, providing the Council with an ongoing rental income.
Overall the whole development will provide 1,100 new homes, together with a new local centre, including a new primary school, children’s pre-school nursery, community building, residential care home, retail and office buildings and car parking.
The Council has played a key role and, by working closely with the developer, has speeded up the delivery of the scheme that will provide much needed new homes for market and social rent. The homes and the new school and road improvements will now be provided
Chair of Eastleigh Local Area Committee, Cllr Steve Sollitt, said: “This exciting development of a new community will see enhanced facilities for all Eastleigh residents with great improvements to parts of the historic park and restoration of heritage
There will also be two children’s play areas, green pathway links through the development, together with a number of smaller areas of open space.There will also be pedestrian and cycle links across the site, some of which will follow the routes of historic carriage drives.
Key to the first phase of the development are 146 new homes that are being purchased by the Council and will be managed by VIVID (formerly First Wessex) social housing provider.
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