Developments

Dawn Homes –new Show Homes at Mayfields

Dawn Homes has opened two new show homes at its Mayfields development in Glenmavis. The four-bedroom ‘Etive’ features an integrated garage, an open plan kitchen/dining area, and a separate utility room. Meanwhile, the ‘Leven’ house style also features four bedrooms, each with built-in wardrobes and an ensuite off the master bedroom. The development features three- and fourbedroom terraced, semi-detached and detached homes.

Regional Sales Director, Liz Cleghorn, said: “We’re really pleased to unveil our new show homes at Mayfields. The Etive and Leven are two of our most popular house styles given the flexible living the open plan design the homes offer. We’re particularly proud of our interior design at Mayfields, with two contrasting looks to help our customers visualise the huge potential of our homes.”

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North Lanarkshire Kent

Redrow – 184 new homes, Hoo Peninsula

Medway Council has granted planning consent to Redrow for 184 new homes on the Hoo Peninsula in Medway. The 28-acre site is located to the west of Cliffe Woods and will be transformed into Oakleigh Fields, containing 138 homes for private sale. The remaining homes will be affordable, available through shared ownership or affordable rent.

David Banfield, Planning Director at Redrow South East, commented: "We're excited to be delivering our first community in the distinctive and charming Hoo Peninsula. We expect the homes to be hugely popular in light of Cliffe Wood’s rural and picturesque surroundings, paired with its easy access to the nearby Medway towns.”

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Avant Homes – £71m land acquisition Edinburgh

Avant Homes has acquired a 20-acre site at the Edmonstone Estate paving the way for 312 new homes as part of the wider Edmonstone residential development scheme. Subject to planning, the development is set to be named The Lanes at Edmonstone Estate. The development will feature a mixture of 227 private and 85 affordable homes.

Avant Homes Scotland Managing Director, Gerry Leitch said: “This marks a significant acquisition for us and extends our presence in a key location in the East of Scotland and we’re very pleased to be delivering a landmark development that will be part of the former Edmonstone Estate.”

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New homes at former Christchurch gas works – Churchill Retirement Living

Churchill Retirement Living has unveiled its £30million plans to Dorset regenerate a former gas works site in the heart of Christchurch with around 170 new homes, comprising a mixture of retirement living, open market homes suitable for first time buyers, and affordable housing.

Spencer J McCarthy, Churchill’s Chairman & CEO, said: “This is a very different approach for Churchill and one of our most ambitious and exciting redevelopment projects to date. By delivering a mix of different housing types we are looking to transform the old gasworks site into an attractive new community for people of all ages, which in turn will create hundreds of new jobs, boost the local economy and support the local high street.”

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A Northumberland based developer has released images of how homes at its latest new development, near Morpeth, will look when completed. Named Hepscott Fields, the project will see Countylife Homes deliver three large, detached, four bedroomed properties in a rural setting close to the village of Hepscott.

Mike Pattison, Managing Director with Countylife Homes, said: “Traditionally styled but modern in design, the new homes will benefit from high-performance glazing - making them extremely energy efficient for properties with over 2,300 square feet of living space.”

Construction work is underway with completion expected in the summer.

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Northumberland

20 new homes to be developed in Swinton – Elan Homes

The former Swinton Hall nursing home in Swinton is being demolished to make way for a 20-home housing development. The site was previously known as Birchfield House, a ‘micro-estate’ built in the second half of the 19th century comprising the main house, gardens, two ‘gatehouses’, a road approaching the house with a gated entrance and boundary walls.

Elan Homes is honouring the site’s history, naming the development Birchfield Court and refurbishing the gatehouses to provide a pair of two-bedroom detached properties and a new gated community. Elan has full planning permission for the scheme, which will offer a choice of three and four-bedroom new-build homes in a mix of mews, semi-detached and detached designs, alongside the two-bedroom homes.

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£6.9m Passivhaus development – 30 new homes

Kingdom Housing Association has started construction on 30 affordable new homes for social rent in Gauldry. The properties will all be built to Passivhaus and Net-Zero Carbon standards.

The development in Gauldry features a diverse housing mix including family homes, cottage flats as well as amenity bungalows. Solar panels, superfast broadband, and public electric vehicle charging points will be provided and a range of community benefits will be delivered throughout the construction phase.

Bill Banks, Kingdom Group Chief Executive said: “Campion Homes are delivering 30 properties all of which meet the exacting Passivhaus Standard. They will also achieve the Gold Secured by Design Standard and the Building Regulations Silver with Gold Level 2 and Platinum Level 1 sustainability standards.”

The total project cost is £6.9 million. The project is scheduled to complete in June 2023.

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