Site acquired by housing association for 100 affordable homes

Plans are moving ahead for 100 new affordable homes in Droitwich Spa after housing association Bromford acquired a 12-acre site off Tagwell Road.

Located on the eastern edge of town, the land was purchased from land promoter St Philips Land and already has outline planning permission in place.

The development will include a mix of one- and two-bedroom apartments and two-, three-, and four-bedroom houses. All of the homes will be affordable, with most offered for rent and the remainder available through Bromford’s shared ownership scheme.

Homes will be built using modern construction methods and feature energy-efficient technology such as air source heat pumps to help reduce running costs and improve sustainability.

Duncan Melville, Bromford’s senior land manager said: “This is an exciting opportunity for us to increase the number of affordable homes we own in the Droitwich area. House prices across the Wychavon district are 12 times average incomes which is pricing local people out of being able to buy their own home and increasing demand for affordable rented homes. By using funding from Homes England all the homes we’ll be building on this will either be for rent or affordable home ownership.”

Bromford’s in-house construction team hopes to begin work on the site by the end of 2025, pending reserved matters approval from Wychavon District Council, with the project due to complete by 2027.