Hundreds of new homes to be delivered following trio of land acquisitions

Property developer Linden Homes is set to build hundreds of new homes in North, South and East Yorkshire after completing a trio of land acquisitions.

The company, which recently relocated its regional head office to Doncaster, has announced three new site purchases through its Linden Homes East Yorkshire’s land department.

Land has been bought at Malton in Ryedale, North Yorkshire to deliver an additional 140 plots as a continuation to the company’s Copperfields development. The site will deliver a range of two, three and four-bedroom homes.

In East Yorkshire, 225 plots have been acquired adjacent to Linden Homes’ ongoing development site at Miller’s Retreat; and additional land has been bought to develop 211 new homes over the next five years in Hatfield, Doncaster.

All three of these sites have already secured planning permission, and Linden Homes is currently out to tender on the roads and sewer package, with a view to being on site by December 2018.

During 2018, the regional business has acquired 679 plots with a Gross Development Value (GDV) of £142m. In the next six months, further secured sites are proposed to be purchased which will bring the total plots bought over a 16-month period to 1,410 with and estimated GDV of £295m.

Matthew Barker, Linden Homes East Yorkshire land and development director, said: “These new land acquisitions mean great news all round, for us as a developer the local economy and of course the general house buying public.

“The continued regional growth we have seen has been extremely encouraging and is allowing us to build our reputation for delivering desirable, sustainable and high quality developments in our existing a wider operational area.

He added: “We are very keen to develop homes in South Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire as well as continuing with our historical success in East Yorkshire. We are delighted to be able to work with key agents and land owners to meet the demand for housing with many developments in the pipeline.”