Vistry Group, the UK’s leading provider of multi-tenure, affordable homes, has partnered with Cobalt Housing to provide 66 affordable homes at Lickers Lane in Whiston, a development which forms part of Knowsley’s wider 1,600-home Halsnead Garden Village masterplan.
Vistry secured planning permission to deliver 120 homes at the site in June. The development will consist of a mixture of three- and four- bed homes, as well as twelve two-bed apartments.
This is the first partnership between Vistry and Cobalt Housing, who will make the 66 homes available for affordable rent and Rent to Buy. The remaining 54 homes will be sold on the open market by Linden Homes.
Halsnead Garden Village is the largest integrated housing and employment project in the Liverpool City Region. The development includes 1,600 new high-quality homes, new green spaces and new and improved community facilities that will be accessible to all.
Gemma Hardy, Managing Director, Vistry Merseyside and Cheshire West: “We are absolutely committed to creating vibrant, mixed-tenure communities that address local housing needs. Partnering with Cobalt Housing at Lickers Lane allows us to provide high-quality, affordable homes within the Halsnead garden village masterplan. This development is set to significantly benefit the local area, offering a range of housing options that support sustainable community growth and inclusivity. We are proud to be contributing to such a transformative project.”
Louise Davies, Executive Director of Communities and Regeneration, Cobalt Housing: “We are delighted to have entered into contract with Vistry on this significant scheme. This is a key milestone for Cobalt as we work to achieve one of our key corporate priorities to deliver 1,000 new homes over the coming years. This development supports our aim to invest in core neighbourhoods and beyond to provide much needed affordable homes.”
Initial enabling works on site has begun and Vistry is expected to handover the new homes to Cobalt by March 26.
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Vistry Group
Vistry Group is the UK’s leading provider of affordable mixed tenure homes. Our purpose as a responsible developer is to work in partnership to deliver sustainable homes, communities and social value, leaving a lasting legacy of places people love. We are a young and dynamic business with a Partnerships-led approach, delivered under our Countryside Partnerships brand, and an exciting timber-frame manufacturing operation called Vistry Works, running three factories and supporting our drive towards net zero.
Delivering thousands of homes every year for the affordable and private market places, Vistry Group also has an unmatched portfolio of retail brands, each with a rich history and strong reputation: Linden Homes, Bovis Homes and Countryside Homes.
We are a multi award-winning housebuilder and the Group has again been awarded the 5 Star Rating by the Home Builders Federation following the latest industry’s Customer Satisfaction Survey. For more information go to www.vistrygroup.co.uk.
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