Housebuilder plans 20 new starts

WILMSLOW housebuilder Morris Homes said it will start on 20 new sites this year, creating 1,900 staff and contractor jobs.

The company is planning 2,200 properties at plots across the North West, North Wales, Midlands and South, with a combined development value of £436m.

One of its North West sites is the 220-home Sandford Park scheme at the former Bruche police training site in Warrington. Work is due to start next month.

Chief executive Mike Gaskell said: “The underlying shortage of new homes in the UK, combined with strong buyer confidence and the Government’s Help to Buy scheme, has created excellent conditions for Morris Homes to embark on a bigger build programme across a broader geography.

“We’re pushing further south, into areas including Bedford and Northampton, following the relocation of our Midlands office to Rugby late last year, and have an active land buying programme which is creating development opportunities in new locations where there’s strong demand for new homes.”

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