First-time buyer homes get go-ahead

Plans for a development of seven homes in Lichfield designed for first-time buyers have been given the go-ahead.

A planning application by property development and investment company Key Land Capital for the development on vacant land at Chesterfield Road has been approved by Lichfield District Council.

The development comprises three two-bedroom and four one-bedroom maisonettes, in two buildings, which will be for sale to first-time buyers under the government’s Help to Buy scheme.

The land is at the rear of another proposed Key Land Capital development. It is planning to transform an empty office building at Shire House, Birmingham Road, into 35 apartments for the private rented sector

Kevin Sharkey, managing director of Birmingham-based Key Land Capital, said: “Our proposed development at Chesterfield Road will provide much-needed, high quality new homes for young first-time buyers in a great location.

“Together with our plans for 35 apartments at the former Shire House, we hope to deliver a significant boost to the city’s residential sector at a time when the UK is crying out for more new homes.”