Developer appointed for £7.5m regeneration project

Housing association Newport City Homes has appointed a developer for the £7.5m first phase of a regeneration project for the city’s Ringland area.Lovell will start work this September on the redevelopment at the Cot Farm estate, which consists of 56 modern homes and apartments for social rent to the area.The design and build scheme will create 26 modern two- and three-bedroom homes and 30 one- and two-bedroom apartments on land at Hendre Farm Drive.A number of existing maisonettes – which are empty – are set to be demolished to make way for them.The scheme, due for completion in December 2019, is the first part in a wider redevelopment of the area.Lovell will provide apprentice placements on the Cot Farm project as well as jobs and opportunities for work experience and placements for unemployed residents and others in the local community.Powell Dobson Architects has been appointed to create the masterplan setting out the regeneration programme.