News from our partners: Housebuilder welcomes partners on site at new build development
News from our partners Cornovii Developments Limited
Shropshire homebuilder Cornovii Development Limited has welcomed partners and councillors on site at The Oaklands, a new development in Bayston Hill, Shrewsbury.
Cornovii Developments Limited, Shropshire Council’s wholly-owned housebuilding company, is building 23 homes on the former Oakland Primary School site. The school closed in 2009 following a merger with Longmeadow Primary School, and work is well under way to clear the site and lay foundations for the new homes.
Shropshire Council, working in partnership with One Public Estate, has secured £334,500 from the Government’s Brownfield Land Release Fund to develop on the land, which is classed as brownfield.
Guests including business partners, parish councillors and Shropshire Councillors visited the site to see progress on site.
The Oaklands in Bayston Hill.
Photo by Shaun Fellows / Shine Pix Ltd
Harpreet Rayet, managing director of Cornovii Developments Limited, said:-
“Cornovii is leading the way in delivering innovative, sustainable, affordable homes for local people. We are committed to making good use of brownfield sites and constructing well-designed homes which appeal to local communities and we look forward to progressing The Oaklands in Bayston Hill.”
Dean Carroll, Shropshire Council’s Cabinet member for housing and assets, said:-
“We were delighted to have received funding from the One Public Estate scheme which specifically supports projects that see brownfield land released for new homes.”
Ted Clarke, a local Shropshire Councillor for Bayston Hill, Column and Sutton, added:-
“It is exciting to see the clearance work, including the demolition, begin after so many years. I look forward to watching the development progress and to seeing it fully occupied.”
The Oaklands, will comprise of two one-bedroom bungalows, seven semi-detached two-bedroom homes including two two-bedroom bungalows, 12 semi-detached three-bedroom houses and two four-bedroom properties, one of which will be detached.
All the homes will benefit from solar panels, electric vehicle charging points and air source heat pumps. Access to the development will be off Glebe Road.
Cornovii Developments Limited will also pay a Section 106 contribution of £75,000 to improve sports facilities in the village, and will create two areas of open public space and two affordable homes under the agreement.
