A developer has completed its largest land acquisition to date, securing a 17.2-acre site in Redhill for a £40m residential development that will include 144 new homes.
The £40m scheme has full planning consent from Gedling Borough Council. It is the largest acquisition made by the Staffordshire-headquartered developer since its inception in 1994.
A mixture of one-, two-, three-, and four-bedroom family homes will be delivered, 21 of which are allocated for low-cost housing. The housebuilder says it will be making an immediate start on site to undertake enabling works.
The new development will be known as Hawksley Rise, paying homage to the 19th Century civil engineer Thomas Hawksley, who was born in Arnold. He was the engineer for the Nottingham Gas Light and Coke Company and Nottingham Waterworks Company. In 1831, he completed the Trent Bridge waterworks, which delivered Britain’s first high pressure ‘constant supply’, preventing contamination entering clean water mains
The exterior elevations of the Hawksley Rise development will be constructed in red brick and styled to complement the local vernacular. The latest green energy features will be incorporated into each home, with a very high EPC rating targeted. Specification highlights will include smart Hive thermostats, electric vehicle car chargers, and solar PV panels.
As part of the development programme, Cameron Homes will deliver ecological enhancements and increase the biodiversity of the site, with an attenuation pond situated at the lowest point – identified as the optimal location to gather surface water. Bird and bat boxes will be installed on retained trees and incorporated within the design of the 144 new homes.
This retention pool backs onto existing bungalows stagnant water turns black in summer creating a haven for mosquitoes and bugs. The farmer previously kept the hedgerows neat and manageable will they be left to us who border it now to manage a hedge that belongs to a developer who sounds wonderful but gone into the sunset.
On rare occasions heavy prolonged rainfall causes surface water to run down the hill onto Henry Street what guarantees this will not turn into a torrent with with all that concrete above still there is a retention pond if that fails God help the people living in the bungalows below.
I just hope it’s as good as it sounds and all goes well with it but usually there’s problems left that no one wants to take responsibility for.