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10/11/2021
Bellway Homes To Deliver Kennett Garden Village In East Cambridgeshire
Bellway Homes has been appointed to deliver the Kennett Garden Village in East Cambridgeshire.
The landowners and East Cambs Trading Company (ECTC) selected Bellway Homes to deliver the project alongside Kennett Community Land Trust (KCLT).
Outline planning permission was granted for the development in April 2020. The project will include 500 homes, 150 of which will be affordable, with at least 60 of those owned and managed by KCLT. In addition, the development will include new roads, a school, large areas of green open space and community infrastructure.
The landowners asked ECTC – who trade under the name Palace Green Homes – to choose a developer with the capacity and experience to build high quality homes, and the ECTC Board has recently agreed that the majority of the site will be developed by Bellway.
Based locally in Cambridgeshire, Bellway has the experience to deliver the much-needed new homes as well as the skills and commitment to meet the wider aspirations of the project. Establishment of a new Delivery Board forms part of the agreement and this will see all interested parties, the landowner, KCLT, ECTC and Bellway, working together through the construction stages of the project.
At the request of the landowners and ECTC, Bellway will take the promised ‘infrastructure-first’ approach to benefit the existing and future community. The new roads, open spaces and primary school will be built as part of the first phase of the development. The retirement village and Enterprise Park will be retained by the landowners until the supporting infrastructure is in place and ECTC will maintain a long term interest in the project via these aspects of the development.
The development will be low density and high-quality, with new open spaces and highway improvements that were sought by local people during the planning process. All of the parties involved are committed to deliver a near net-zero carbon development, with homes that are energy and water efficient, heated by air-source pumps, and benefitting from solar panels and electric vehicle charging. The development will also enhance the natural environment to achieve a net-gain in biodiversity, with a range of newly created, accessible green spaces and sustainable urban drainage systems.
The landowners and East Cambs Trading Company (ECTC) selected Bellway Homes to deliver the project alongside Kennett Community Land Trust (KCLT).
Outline planning permission was granted for the development in April 2020. The project will include 500 homes, 150 of which will be affordable, with at least 60 of those owned and managed by KCLT. In addition, the development will include new roads, a school, large areas of green open space and community infrastructure.
The landowners asked ECTC – who trade under the name Palace Green Homes – to choose a developer with the capacity and experience to build high quality homes, and the ECTC Board has recently agreed that the majority of the site will be developed by Bellway.
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Based locally in Cambridgeshire, Bellway has the experience to deliver the much-needed new homes as well as the skills and commitment to meet the wider aspirations of the project. Establishment of a new Delivery Board forms part of the agreement and this will see all interested parties, the landowner, KCLT, ECTC and Bellway, working together through the construction stages of the project.
At the request of the landowners and ECTC, Bellway will take the promised ‘infrastructure-first’ approach to benefit the existing and future community. The new roads, open spaces and primary school will be built as part of the first phase of the development. The retirement village and Enterprise Park will be retained by the landowners until the supporting infrastructure is in place and ECTC will maintain a long term interest in the project via these aspects of the development.
The development will be low density and high-quality, with new open spaces and highway improvements that were sought by local people during the planning process. All of the parties involved are committed to deliver a near net-zero carbon development, with homes that are energy and water efficient, heated by air-source pumps, and benefitting from solar panels and electric vehicle charging. The development will also enhance the natural environment to achieve a net-gain in biodiversity, with a range of newly created, accessible green spaces and sustainable urban drainage systems.
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