Plans put forward for more than 300 homes
Keyland Developments, the property trading arm of Kelda Group and sister company to Yorkshire Water, has applied to Scarborough Council to transform the largest former Yorkshire Water residential site in its portfolio, Broomfield Farm in Whitby, into 320 homes.
The 23-acre vacant site is next to Stainsacre Lane, a direct route between Whitby and Scarborough, and is close to Eskdale Park residential area and the established Whitby Business Park.
Keyland’s application seeks to turn site into a mixed residential use development of up to 320 homes of different types and tenures with vehicle access, spine road, community hub, associated infrastructure and public open space.
The development could deliver in the region of 800 jobs for the Whitby area.
The application site has been split into four distinct development sections catering for different housing providers including; self and custom build, community land trust/co-housing, later living housing and small/medium sized housebuilders and volume housing builders.
By doing this, Keyland aims to open the site to a range of housing providers to allow the delivery of different types, forms and tenures of housing to meet the diverse housing needs within Whitby and the wider Borough.
An illustrative masterplan allows for apartments, bungalows, terraced houses, townhouses, semi-detached houses and detached houses, with the primary focus being the provision of three and four bedroom properties to cater for local needs.
Luke Axe, strategic land and planning manager at Keyland Developments, said; “Supporting the local economic and housing requirements whilst being sensitive to the site’s setting has been our priority whilst devising the masterplan for this strategic site.
“We will shortly be unveiling our emerging business strategy, known as Our Blueprint, which sets out how we intend to change the way that houses are built and bought across Yorkshire.
“As a major landowner in the region we see it as our responsibility to take the lead in diversifying the current housing offer, catering more appropriately to the full spectrum of demographic need.
“Our sites will explore the role of volume, SME, later-living and self-build products – creating places that are inclusive, healthy and sustainable. Broomfield Farm is an example of this new approach and a taster of things to come. We are excited to submit our application to the council and showcase our plans for the future of the site.”
