Plan for 233 new homes near Saffron Walden will include new bus route

A housing company has bought a plot of land near an Essex town to build more than 200 new homes. Bellway Homes has acquired a site near Saffron Walden, where it wants to build 233 homes and a new bus route.

The company exchanged and completed the purchase of the land off Radwinter Road in October. The land already has outline planning permission, and a public consultation process on the plans is currently being conducted.

Bellway is proposing a mix of two, three, four and five-bedroom homes including a selection of First Homes apartments for the land. The development is proposed to be known as "Radwinter Gardens". Bellway North London Sales Director Greg Allsop said: “Our proposals for the land at Radwinter Road are very exciting for the area, offering a real variety of sustainable modern homes which will help provide much-needed new housing for local people.

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“The public consultation process which is underway will help inform the detailed proposals that we submit to the local authority and we would encourage the local community to get involved and let us know their views about the scheme. This will very much be a landscape-led project, with more than half of the site retained as open space, including village greens and two children’s play areas, as well as new ponds, grassland, tree and hedge planting and wildflower areas.”

A detailed reserved matter planning application is due to be submitted to Uttlesford District Council later this year, with feedback from the consultation process used to inform Bellway’s approach to the application. Subject to planning permission, Bellway anticipates that the first homes will be released for sale towards the end of next year.

As part of the plan, 40 per cent of the new properties would be affordable homes. All of the homes will have electric vehicle charging points and solar panels. Bellway’s proposals also include a new bus route through the site and space set aside for a Car Club scheme.

To find out more about the proposals and see the exhibition boards that were on show at the consultation event, visit https://newhomesforsaffronwalden.co.uk.