Vistry has agreed two deals to deliver more than 3,500 new homes in south Worcester and Bury St Edmunds.
In south Worcester, Vistry will deliver more than 2,000 new homes as part of the Hopfields development – a mixed-use community that already benefits from outline planning consent. The scheme will include a local centre and up to 2,204 homes – 20% designated as affordable.
At least half of the homes are pre-sold with approximately 800 affordable homes and PRS properties and homes available for open market sale through Vistry’s retail housebuilding brands.
In Bury St Edmunds (pictured), Vistry has secured a 194-acre site to the north east of the town on which it will build up to 1,375 homes, a new primary school, commercial space, a local centre and a country park. Of the new homes, a minimum of 30% are designated as affordable.
The scheme already benefits from hybrid planning permission from West Suffolk District Council for 1,375 new homes alongside a number of community facilities, with 287 having secured reserved matters consent.
James Warrington, executive chair (north, south Midlands and east division) at Vistry, said: “Large sites such as these demonstrate our long-term commitment to building more mixed-tenure homes at scale, working with our partners, and helping to meet the acute shortage of affordable homes across the country. Thanks to the unique strengths of Vistry, we can make use of our retail brands Bovis Homes, Countryside and Linden Homes as well as taking advantage of the timber frame manufacturing capabilities of Vistry Works.”
Vistry was advised by Savills, Fisher German, Wellbeck Land and Arc Chartered Surveyors.
