Developer lodges detailed plans for 600 homes

Beal Homes has submitted plans for hundreds of new homes to complete a major residential regeneration scheme in Goole.

The East Yorkshire-based housebuilder wants to construct a range of two, three and four-bedroom homes.

The “reserved matters” application lodged with East Riding of Yorkshire Council covers the development of 600 homes, with landscaping, public open spaces and associated works, on land off Rawcliffe Road in Goole.

Outline planning permission is already in place and approval for the detailed plans would give the green light for the homes to be built.

A site of around 2.7 acres suitable for a potential primary school has been included in the proposed layout of the development.

Delivery of the new homes would complete Beal’s The Greenways development, which will ultimately feature 800 homes across a 73-acre site. It is the biggest single development in the family-owned housebuilder’s history of almost 55 years.

Beal is making a long-term investment of £150m in The Greenways, which is also the largest residential development in Goole for decades.

Construction began on the first phase of The Greenways in 2020 and the development is now well advanced. So far, more than 100 homes have been sold and more than half of the purchased properties are occupied.

The development supports the creation of hundreds of jobs locally by companies such as Siemens Mobility, which is developing a £200m rail manufacturing facility in Goole, and chemicals company Croda, which has built a new worldwide distribution hub in the town.

Beal chief executive, Richard Beal, said: “This planning application demonstrates our commitment to completing this much-needed development and to making a very significant contribution to the regeneration of Goole.

“It also reflects the tremendous success of the first phase of The Greenways. Demand has been incredibly strong and the sales momentum has been exceptional.

“The Greenways is an essential element of the unprecedented investment now being delivered in the town.”