Plans for a new housing development on surplus public land in South Yorkshire have been given the green light by Doncaster Borough Council this week.
The Council approved the first phase of a £22.6m housing development at Carr Lodge in Doncaster, which is part of an accelerated land delivery programme.
The Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) has just appointed housing and regeneration specialist, Keepmoat as developer in the first phase of the project and work is expected to start on site this week.
Phase one of the scheme will see the construction of 329 new homes, 172 of which will be developed by Keepmoat, with a further 132 larger homes and 25 Custom Build plots also delivered in partnership with Strata Homes, another Doncaster based company. The joint development name for the scheme will be known as ‘Dominium’.
The development will consist of a total of 1,500 mixed tenure homes, all of which will be designed to the Government’s Code for Sustainable Homes level 3, as well as being designed to be ‘Lifetime Homes’.
Keepmoat’s Group CEO, Dave Sheridan, said: “We are delighted with the council’s decision to approve the first phase of this major new housing development. The Carr Lodge development will create an exciting new community for people to live and work and we are already receiving a lot of enquiries about the new homes that will be developed here.
“As a national company but with a head office located in Doncaster, this is a significant project for us and we are looking forward to working in partnership with the HCA, Strata and the council to deliver high quality, affordable homes for local people.”
Alan Beveridge, Area Manager at the Homes and Communities Agency, added: “This is the culmination of three years hard work to provide the roads and services as well as the homes that are needed in the local area. Alongside the 216 homes for sale there will be 66 homes for rent and 22 available to buy on a shared ownership basis helping to ensure that these new homes will be available to everyone.”
Works to provide improved transportation links to the site have commenced with the development of a new single carriageway spine road. The road will link the roundabouts at either end of Woodfield Way, adjacent to the Tesco Supermarket at Woodfield Plantation and the Holiday Inn Express, the new Morrison’s and the White Rose Park and Ride, just off White Rose Way in Balby, Doncaster.
In addition to the wider development of some 1,500 homes, a new main street and village square incorporating shops and a community hall will also be developed, with other community facilities such as a children’s nursery, a primary school, youth club, sports pitches, play areas and a linear park also included in the plans.
When complete, Carr Lodge will include a network of high-quality green routes, which have been designed to encourage walking and cycling and provide connections to local facilities.
This first phase of the development is expected to take three years to build.