Land acquired for East Sussex improvement

Editorial Team
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Bellway has acquired a plot of land in Hellingly, East Sussex, the place it plans to construct 360 new houses.

The plan is to ship 234 houses for personal sale in a variety of two, three, 4 and five-bedroom designs, alongside 126 one, two, three and four-bedroom reasonably priced houses.

The event would additionally characteristic soccer pitches with altering services, allotments, two play areas and a big open house which might act as an extension to Hellingly Nation Park.

Dan Merriman, land director at Bellway Kent, stated: “This land acquisition is optimistic information for the native housing market because it is a crucial step in the direction of the supply of a set of energy-efficient high-quality houses to fulfill the wants of a variety of house-hunters.

“We recognized this parcel of land as having nice potential to create a well-designed and sustainable improvement which blends in with its countryside environment on the sting of Hellingly.

“Define planning permission for 360 houses on the Park Farm East website was granted by Wealden District Council in 2023 and we’re at present finalising our software for detailed approval which can be submitted to the native authority within the close to future.”

As a part of the planning settlement for the event, there can be extra funding of over £1 million in the direction of the development of native infrastructure. This contains £575,000 in the direction of freeway enchancment, £420,000 in the direction of bettering native bus companies and £172,532 in the direction of the upkeep of the inexperienced infrastructure and play areas on the positioning.

Bellway Kent is at present constructing 500 new houses at its three developments throughout East Sussex. This contains 220 new houses at Woodbury Manor in Hailsham, 210 new properties at Porters Grove at St Leonards-on-Sea, and 70 new houses at Clavering Park in Bexhill.

Mark Harrop, gross sales director at Bellway Kent, stated: “Bellway Kent has a long-standing dedication to constructing high-quality houses in East Sussex and if our detailed plans for listed below are accepted, this can convey the variety of new houses we’re delivering within the county to 860.

“35% of the houses we construct can be reasonably priced properties for native folks although low-cost hire, shared possession and the First Properties scheme whereby properties are provided to first-time patrons at a reduced value.

“We’re already constructing new houses at Woodbury Manor, which is only a mile and a half down the street in Hailsham. The brand new properties we plan to construct in Hellingly will complement this improvement and provides extra households the possibility to make their dwelling on this stunning a part of the world.”

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