‘Renaissance’ will see 2,000 homes built in Chesterfield
Some 2,000 homes are set to be built in Chesterfield in what is being called “a renaissance in house building” in the town.
he announcement was made at the annual Celebrate Chesterfield event held at the Winding Wheel yesterday (Thursday 22 March).
Huw Bowen, chief executive of Chesterfield Borough Council, revealed that nearly 2,000 nearly homes were set to be built in the next five years. He said: “For the first time in many years the Council is able to demonstrate a five-year housing supply while also protecting the borough’s green belt land.”
He revealed that housing developers in the borough, including Woodall, Avant and Miller Homes, were delivering the most new build completions since 2007, with many houses being sold off plan.
Progress is also being made on The Park, the six-acre residential development on the site of the former Arnold Laver timber yard at the £340m Chesterfield Waterside regeneration project.
Peter Swallow, managing director of Bolsterstone Group, the company leading the project, revealed that construction of up to 170 two, three and four bedroom homes which will form ‘The Park’, is expected to get underway as early as the first quarter of 2019.
Swallow also announced that a collaboration agreement with an investment company to fund and deliver new residential apartments, has recently been put in place.
The agreement is the first stage of a process which will bring forward the construction of 310 Build to Rent apartments within Phase 1 of the Basin Square neighbourhood of Chesterfield Waterside. It follows the granting of outline planning consent for the layout, heights and massing of Phase 1 last year.
Swallow said: “I am delighted with the excellent progress being made at Chesterfield Waterside.
“We will now move forward with the ‘best bids’ process for the construction of the housing units at The Park and, subject to reserved matters planning consent being granted, expect work to start on site on this phase early next year.
“Demand is strong as developers see the massive potential of Chesterfield Waterside as a whole.”
Dom Stevens, Destination Chesterfield manager, said: The housing announcements made at Celebrate are growing physical proof that Chesterfield is a market town with a difference. We have grown and adapted to the changing needs of residents and businesses and, as a result, created a very attractive investment proposition. People want to live, work and do business here and our housing plans are further evidence of this.”
